Laminar

What it does

Laminar is the first planetary imaging capture app built natively for macOS. Record high-framerate SER video of Jupiter, Saturn, the Moon, and the Sun through your telescope with real-time frame quality analysis, atmospheric seeing scores, and automatic target tracking. Built in Swift with Metal GPU acceleration for Apple Silicon. Supports ZWO ASI and PlayerOne cameras. Free to download with an optional one-time Pro upgrade. A native Mac alternative to FireCapture and SharpCap.

Native macOS planetary and solar capture with live dark, flat, and hot pixel calibration, quality analysis, and SER recording. 10 camera brands. $34.99.

$34.99 · One-time purchase · Requires macOS 15 or newer and an Apple Silicon Mac. Laminar is a native macOS planetary imaging capture application built for Apple Silicon. It records high-framerate video of planets, the Moon, and the Sun through your telescope as industry-standard SER files, compatible with AutoStakkert, Registax, PIPP, and SIRIL. Designed as a macOS alternative to Windows-only capture tools like FireCapture and SharpCap, Laminar provides real-time frame quality analysis, atmospheric seeing assessment, and automatic target tracking – features that help you confirm focus and conditions while you're still at the telescope. Laminar supports cameras from ten astronomy brands —…from macobservatory.com

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