Like a lot of astrophotographers, I get repeated questions on how to do things that although may seem simple, I have to remind myself that they were once beyond me...
So last night, I sat up all night and stacked some images in Deep Sky Stacker, taking screenshots all the way and writing down what I did as I went.
Hopefully this can answer a lot of questions and get the new blood in the game well on their way to adding to the richness of images proliferating amateur astronomy.
http://www.asignobservatory.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=125
Have a crack, enjoy and let's see what you new folks can do!!! YEEEHHARRR!
Baz.
That`s very excellent, Baz. When you gonna come over to the Old Country and give us all a talk and a demo to the Society, mate? Us old`uns would lap up your every word and the young`uns could then show you some of the clever images that they have shot.
Perhaps the promise of a few jars of Aussie beer might tempt you, hey ???
Doug. :)
Thanks for that Baz, not read it yet, but have stored it away for future use.
I have had one go at using DSS, not that I had much to process, but all tips are welcome.
Carole
Doug, from what I hear the skies up there are grey most of the time! :roll:
Mmmmm...beeeeerrrrrrrrrr....I'm thinking.... ;)
Carol, ask me questions anytime mate. You know where to find me...
Cheers,
Baz.
Hi Baz,
I did have ago at DSS following your instructions. Funny thing was, when I made all the adjustments you stated, I got no image at the end.
If I just loaded the files, checked and registered them and then went straight to "stack" I got an Image.
Using the same files.
Not that I have much to process as yet, but the principal should be the same.
I seem to be prone to things not working as they should, so I'll leave this one until I have got something else to stack.
Thanks for the offer BTW.
Incidentally I am coming back to OZ in August 2010, but not coming to Canberra. Staying a few days in Sydney and then up to Queensland and Kakadu.
Carole
Nice work Baz.
Do you always choose median stacking? I tend to use average or Kappa-Sigam stacking. But then I tend to use IRIS instead of DSS anyway.
MArk