Stacking cr2 images, is it possible in DSS

[Garethr]

Hey guys,

Last night at a really dark site, and the Astro gods decided to play dodge the clouds with me. As the moon is so bright but I didn't want to waste a night on "proper kit" I decided to play dodge the clouds with them and take loads of stills of the moon using a canon eos 1000d. Forgot it does not have a video mode like my other camera DOH. . So question is, can I stack the resulting frames in DSS using darks and flats as per DSO imaging or should I use registax after converting the CR2 files.

Any help appreciated. Loads of good data but unsure how to process as evey one has gone to bed

[Steve Ward]

Use the DPP software that comes with the camera to convert the RAW files to 16-bit TIFFs then you can use either Registax V5.1 or Autostakkert2 (AS!2) to stack them.

Check out JamesF's tutorial here to get you started ... http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/184192-full-disc-lunar-imaging-with-a-dslr/?hl=%2Blunar+%2Bstacking#entry1937750

[Thalestris24]

Hi

I think Pipp is the best preprocessing software to use ahead of Registax.

Louise

[Alien 13]

+1 for PIPP, the software can take CR2 files crop and center them and output as TIFFs (8 bit) or AVI etc,

Alan

[Steve Ward]

PIPP for centering and cropping for sure , but DPP for RAW to TIFF always gives me better results ... 

It's a breeze to batch process with , I always shoot sets of 100 frames at a time and then have DPP converting one set while I'm shooting the next.

DPP can do so much more than just converting files , it allows endless control of your Canon RAW files ... as you'd expect from software written by Canon ... 

[Garethr]

Thanks all for the replies will try these ideas out