Lumidex

Jun 18, 2024 to Software | Tags: Standalone

Organize your astrophotography library

Lumidex, created by Alex Helms, is a standalone application for Windows and MacOS built for organizing and visualizing astronomical data. Lumidex provides a local SQLite database for accessing and sorting through XISF and FITS files and their associated metadata. Your original data is never altered.

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Features

• Windows and MacOS support
  • Debian-based linux distros should also work but no dpkg is available
• .FITS and .XISF file support
• Search filters
  • Object name
  • File path
  • Date range
  • Exposure
  • Filter
  • Image type
  • And more!
• Visualizations
  • Integration over time bar chart
  • Integration per target pie chart
  • Integration over time heatmap
• Recursive scanning
  • Quick scan
  • Duplicate scrubbing
• Tagging
• Export data
• Object aliases
• Database editing
• Exposure summary
  • Copy as text
  • Copy as markdown
• Astrobin CSV export
  • Astrobin filter IDs
• Multiple libraries
• Duplicate detection
• Open in PixInsight

Getting Started

Download and Install

• Download the latest version of Lumidex for Windows or MacOS.
• Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions.

  Create a Library

• Open Lumidex
• In the Library tab