🔭 Astro Session Watcher (Freeware)

Automatically track, sort, and log your astrophotography sessions

Screenshot: Astro Session Watcher main interface

ASW

📸 What is it for?

  • Automatically distribute shots into target folders
  • Keep a log of each session
  • Don't miss a single frame when changing targets
  • Store equipment and celestial bodies history

🚀 How it works?

  1. Select the folder where your camera saves photos
  2. The app creates a session folder: AstroSession_YYYY-MM-DD
  3. Each target gets its own subfolder inside the session folder
  4. When you change target (press "New Target"), all accumulated files are moved
  5. When you end the session, remaining files are moved to the last target

⌨️ Hotkeys

Ctrl+OSelect watch folder
Ctrl+EEquipment management
Ctrl+BCelestial bodies management
Ctrl+SStart session
Ctrl+XStop session
Ctrl+FOpen current session folder
Ctrl+Shift+NCreate new target
F1About
F2Show instructions

🔧 Config Files

  • astro_settings.json ← cameras, lenses, last folder
  • celestial_bodies.json ← list of celestial bodies

All files are stored in the program folder. You can edit them manually.

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Application now in alpha stage, there might be malfunctions: