Digital imaging has become an essential practice of Astronomy. Virtually all images are acquired through optimized CCD cameras or DSLR cameras. These devices require proper software to be optimally controlled, and their raw images need to be processed to make the best of it.
PRISM is a very powerful software and easy access that allows everyone (beginners and experts) to acquire images with any instrument, and then analyze them (preprocessing, processing) without swapping multiple other software.
Indeed, most other software, currently available, offer features that are specific and limited.
The great advantage of Prism is that it is complete and can perform all these operations. Of the more basic to advanced.
Prism has been developing for almost 20 years and has benefited from breakthroughs in this activity, and field return from many users.
PRISM, is :
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A complete skymap module allowing you to achieve efficient observations
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A complete full observatory control software (telescopes, filter wheel, focuser, dome, derotator, weather station, pointing model), this is performed either by native API or by ASCOM.
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Supporting a vast range of CCD cameras from different manufacturers, and two cameras at the same time (primary and secondary guiding camera). Canon DSLR cameras are also controlled..
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Embedding powerfull preprocessing functions, to remove all unwanted image artifacts from CCD cameras.
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Integrating image processing functions allowing to get the best out of your images.
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Featuring unique image analysis functions such as plate solving, photometric data reduction, asteroid search and much more
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Having an automated observation module, that allows to automate remotely your observations.
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Offering complete script language allowing to create your own functions or automate your tasks
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Cheap, because ratio between price and feature is very low.
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An unique software that has no equivalent in the market.
PRISM has major advantages: a large range of functions, an unbeatable price (compared to other suites composed of multiple costly software).
The software runs under Windows XP, Vista and Seven (7), 32 and 64 bit versions.
Please visit our "References page" to read comments from users who trusted us, and many scientific results obtained with PRISM.
Try it out, the software is free for trial for 60 days with all features, installation is not invasive.
PRISM uses the ASCOM standard to control the various subsystems of the telescope, this allows support for the new material wathever PRISM release version. For more information about ASCOM, click on the following icon:
