Why group imaging
In astrophotography, longer exposure usually improves results, but telescope time is billed by time, so longer exposure also means higher cost.
Join or start group imaging online
Interestar Group Imaging is a mini program for group imaging services. You can use Interestar observation resources online to join or start group imaging projects. Through data sharing, you can pay a smaller amount and still receive high-quality results with more than ten or even dozens of hours of exposure time.
On the home page, you can clearly see all group imaging activities and detailed information.
Detail pages show framing previews, imaging plans, exposure time and progress tracking.
After joining a project, the stacked master file is automatically delivered to your InterestarGenius account for quick processing.
Problems it solves
Traditional chat-group organization made it hard for newcomers to join, scattered progress updates and data delivery, complicated data organization, and made discounts and payment inconvenient.
Starting a project
If you cannot find a project you are interested in, you can start one in the mini program by filling in the target, observatory, telescope and a rough observing plan for review.
From viewing projects to receiving data
The flow includes viewing activities, opening details, choosing discounts and payment, receiving status updates, downloading data and receiving master files in InterestarGenius.
Group imaging details
Detail pages show framing previews, imaging plans, exposure time and progress tracking for the current group imaging project.
Data-sharing results
Through data sharing, you can pay a smaller amount and still receive high-quality imaging results with long total exposure.