No doubt this has been asked before To create an image showing the full dynamic range of M42 is it best to do: A) a variety of exposures to get trapezium and...
... I've found that 3 sets of 10 images about 15 sec, 1 minute and 5 minute. I stack them with DSS or IRIS and then use either The GIMP's photo blend tool or...
Hey Pieter, I can't really help you with the stacking issue but I have some experience in cleaning the corrector plate, not to mention that I broke my LX90's ...
Robin, Thanks for the tip. I had read Dr. Clay's guide some time ago -- which put the fear of God in me, and kept me from attempting it for a long time. Last...
I have not seen many feature requests for DSS but I thought I'd give it a shot. I do most of my post processing in PhotoShop, but I like to take the best image...
Not totally on topic but I'm bouncing this one around in the hope that someone has seen similar or can explain this. I had quite a marathon of objects last...
Pieter, It's great to hear that. Now show us more photos. :) May the force be with you, Robin Lee Author of AstronomyNotes.net <http://www.astronomynotes.net> ...
Classic change in seeing conditions by the look of it Dion. Seeing can change from hour to hour, minute to minute and second to second. If the edge of a...
Hmmmmm... I can't comment on the bahtinov mask issue... But the youtube video of Saturn looks pretty much like all my planetary videos with my SPC900. Did it...
Yes, the Saturn video looks pretty much like the average seeing around here most of the time, nothing unusual there... Jerry ... A Beginner's Guide to DSLR...
On dark pictures, when DSS says it will only stack 1 or 2 frames, I use the noise cancelling feature, and the star count goes up dramatically ! That may seem...
The thing is, I live in a fairly dark and high area at 234 metres above sea level. When this started it didn't make any difference where I pointed, saturn was...
Hi, to have a multiple windows GUI (gimp-like) could be very useful if you have 2 monitors connected to the same pc ... CS Giorgio ... From: Hemmings, Rob K....
I've just tried to use the beta version above and found that it's expired 28th Feb. Is there a new release available or do I need to keep resetting my system...
Thanks for a very interesting post. I have all kinds of heavy due and cold in this part of Alaska (near a large body of water). I've never seen conditions...
The current beta is always linked from the Y! DSS homepage: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/ Unfortunately it seems the server is (partially)...
Thank you Sander, I missed the download link on the intro page :( and thank you for informing Luc of the server problem. I'll keep playing with the old version...
If it was a large drop in temp, it could have been that your telescope was no longer thermally stable. Josh On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Charles Martindell ...
Hello, I'm to the forum and practically new to DSLR's. I'm asking because many people has passed this processing steps. Does any one has their best setting on...
I have just taken series of pics of m42. Perfect exposures. 16 5min 16 2min 16 1min 16 30sec 16 10sec 16 3sec All raw images are perfect plus darks and bias to...
Hi Carl, Can you make the smallest stack in DSS whare things go wrong? You can send these files to us so we can have a look at them using the explanation on...
This is a new thing in my DSS experiences. I received an error message that showed up after "stacking frame 47 out of 47" but before "compiling final image"....
Read this and let us know. http://deepskystacker.wikispaces.com/Memory+errors+while+stacking%3F Sander ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Thanks, that helped. I had selected 2x drizzle this time. When unselected I have plenty of memory for these frames. ... [Non-text portions of this message...
