An introduction to AstroBin - CEDIC

An introduction to AstroBinAn introduction to AstroBinThe web hosting platform for

astrophotography.

Salvatore Iovene, CEDIC 2013

Life before AstroBin

Scattered imagesLack of data

Lack of contextDuplication

Lack of searchabilitySize limitations

Unlimited storage

Currently over 250 GB inastronomical images

Data

Plate-solving

Versions, licenses, social

CommentsRatingsPrivate messagesEquipment reviewsSocial sharingQ&A website

Search

Images, users, equipment items24 telescope types, 7 camera types, telescope diameter,

camera pixel sizeAcquisition date, integration time, moon phase

7 licenses

“Images of NGC 7331 taken with a Takahashi apochromatic refractor, a DSLR, with integration time greater

than 4 hours.”

Stats

13 languages, 30+ translators

EnglishItalianFrenchGermanSpanishFinnishDutch

TurkishAlbanian

PolishPortuguese

GreekRomanianChineseRussianSlovakPersianCatalan

Some dataSome data

Leaderboard

AstroBin “Index”

1 DetlefHartmann 4.7032 astrojoe 4.6723 Metsavainio 4.6454 ASTROCCD.EU 4.6335 gbenint 4.569

Integration hours

1 Mark 13042 tharrison 10213 rigel123 6424 Alto-Observatory 5275 siovene 494

Analytics

4,000 registered users230,000 visitors4,5 million pageviews30,000 images43,000 integration hours

Equipment vendors

Telescope / lenses

1 Sky-Watcher2 Celestron3 Orion4 Canon5 Meade

Cameras

1 Canon2 QHYCCD3 Atik4 Philips5 SBIG

Mounts

1 Sky-Watcher2 Celestron3 Orion4 Losmandy5 Meade

AstroBin QuestionsAstroBin Questions

Going beyond the forum

What's wrong with forums?

Posts are flatAll posts have the same visibilityAll replies have the same weightAll users have the same weight

Things are static

Reputation to the rescue

Upvoting, downvotingReputation pointsPrivileges earned

Wiki editing

AstroBin Raw DataAstroBin Raw Data

Store and organize your FIT and DSLR raw files

Storage and organization

Plans for 5, 100, 250 and 500 GBSame price as other online backup services

Features just for astrophotographyIndexing and organizing using FITS and

EXIF headersApp for Windows, Linux and OS X

Virtual folders

Forget manual organizationEasy to download your files in bundlesOrganized by type, date, subject, filter,

telescope, temperature

Data pools and shared folders

Sharing data with friends, club membersProfessional observatories sharing dataContributing to massive integration times

API for external applications

The future

Custom URLs and stylesBoth for individuals and companies!

Greater integration with the scientific community thanks to Raw Data

Custom albums and groupsSharing of dark sites (with privacy policy)

Lots of backstage work

I'd like to thank...I'd like to thank...

Questions?Questions?

Get in touch!salvatore@astrobin.comhttp://www.astrobin.com/