What Makes A Good Astrophotography Computer for Processing - I Found Out!

Опубликовано: 13 Март 2026
на канале: AstroQuest1
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This video explains what computer requirements are needed for processing astrophotography images. While a minimal system is all that is needed for capturing images, processing the data is a different story. Most processing software such as PixInsight and Photoshop require a very robust system. In order to be sure I purchased a system powerful enough I sought help from Joe Navara of Joe's Astrophoto who's day job is in the tech industry.

Joe's Astrophoto:
   / @joesastrophoto  

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Closing Music
Friday-night-synthwave-electronic-music (YouTube)

Dave's Astrophotography
   • PixInsight Benchmark -8% Run Time, +15% Sw...  
I will put into my discussion along with some of my Benchmark runs as well.
Here are my Highlights:
Desktop (total- 22662, CPU-24114, SWAP-18203, Transfer-3287)
Laptop (total- 2804, CPU-3770, SWAP-1367, Transfer-247)