deufrai

Hi everyone I am a proud member of a team working on a multi-platform live stacking solution : ALS (Astro Live Stacker => https://als-app.org) It runs fine on PC (GNU/Linux and Windows 7 to 10), OSX and RaspBerry. Current stable version is very basic : Polling a folder to detect new images (any FITS or DSLR RAW) then align + stack (Mean or Sum) + autostrech + levels + RGB balance. ALS also has a built-in webserver so your pals at the astroclub can see the results, provided everyone is on the same network. We are working hard on new features like Dark subtraction + Hot pixel removal and are providing nightly builds for you guys to try it out. Check out https://als-app.org/nightlies/ Handling image capture directly inside ALS using INDI protocol is on our roadmap too. check out our Github repo to know more about it If you could give it a try and help us make ALS a fun & easy way to see and share all those wonders above our heads, that would be much appreciated ! Clear skies to all ! -- Fred

Indeed I mentioned Paris to make a nice post title. I actually live about 30km away. Which allows me to capture deep sky objects without too much trouble

Hi guys Fred, here. Late fourties frenchman with my eyes up in the sky since I was a boy. The arrival of my son more that 10 years ago, with all his questions like 'Daddy, what is this big blue light up there ?' or 'Daddy, why this ? .... why that ?' made me go back seriously into books so I could answer all his questions. As I'm a hobbyist photographer since ages, I started astrophoto 5 years ago with the simplest setup : my DSLR on a tripod. Boy did I learn a lot during that period ! I ended up buying a Star Adventurer to allow longer focal lengths and learned even more. Always thinking for a better future (gear-wise) I ended up sticking my good old DSLR on an EQ6-R. That will be good enough to host the optical instrument I'm still thinking about. Besides all this, I'm a programmer and joined, a year ago, an Open Source software project aiming at providing a multi-platform live stacking solution. (More on this very shortly in the appropriate forum). We are almost ready with a quite good starting point, which is, I must admit it honestly, my main motivation for registering here and "advertising" it. See you guys around & clear skies to all