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Post by Stevewebb on Dec 25, 2012 18:15:40 GMT
Anyone ever had a go at this with a free program (or photoshop)??
I took 6 frames that I am convinced will make a decent astro stack but I am blowed if I can work it out. I had a go with "Deep Space Stacker" a freeware program but you need a degree in astro physics to operate the thing.
I was kinda hoping I could just load em, stack em, sit back and smile.
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Post by chrisc on Dec 25, 2012 18:18:33 GMT
No image or link...not sure what you mean?
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Post by Stevewebb on Dec 25, 2012 18:31:18 GMT
I didn't put one  So I took 6 frames with varying exposures from about 8 seconds to 40 something seconds. I have read before that in specific programs/plug ins it will detect each tiny little pixel that got activated on the sensor on multiple exposures, put them all onto one frame so the number of stars is greatly increased from what you can see with the naked eye. All I sem to get in the freeware program is a red tinged grey frame with no stars at all  Obviously there is planetary rotation between frames so the software has to be able to align the stars up too. It might have to be back to the drawing board. |
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Post by chrisc on Dec 25, 2012 18:39:06 GMT
Try this:
DeepSkyStacker
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Post by Stevewebb on Dec 25, 2012 18:41:32 GMT
That was the one I had, sorry I typed it wrong in the OP |
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Post by rasbury on Jan 6, 2013 2:00:14 GMT
It can be difficult enough with Helicon Focus,so I can imagine it's more difficult if your shooting stars,especially with a 40 sec exposure on one of the images.
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