[Aavso-photometry] Photometry software - need suggestions

[Tomasz Kwiatkowski]

On Sun, 7 Jun 2009, Tom Krajci wrote:

> I'm trying to learn of more freeware (or not-too-expensive software) that can
> do calibration and photometric analysis of FITS files.
>
> I know of AIP4WIN, MPO Canopus/Photored, IRAF, Maxim, CCDSoft, Photometrica,
> and Sextractor.
>
> What else is out there?

Hi Tom,

there is also a Starlink package, similar to IRAF. Its GAIA program for data
visualisation, photometry and astrometry is widely used. It is described
here:

http://www.starlink.rl.ac.uk/star/docs/sun214.htx/sun214.html#xref_

GAIA can be used for aperture (classic or optimal) photometry and a command
line program autophotom is good for scripting. Of course, Starlink is much
more than that but it was GAIA (plus the integrity of the whole package)
that convinced me to choose it 10 years ago instead of IRAF.

Starlink is distributed under GPL.

Cheers,

Tomek

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