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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
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