Stacking 2 Nights worth of Ha - How Best?

[AstroManDan]

Hi,

Just wondered the best way to stack when I have 2 sets of Ha data from different nights.

As I have 2 sets of flats, and 1 set of darks.

Do I just process the 1st night with those flats and darks, and the 2nd night set with those flats and darks and then just stack those 2 resulting stacked frames?

Or is there a better method to get the best out of my subs?

Thanks

Daniel

[nmoushon]

 In DSS go down to near the bottom and it will say "Group 1", which is you first set of images. Here you can put in your first nights images. This is default setting so you don't need to click on it or do anything. Right next though should be another tab that I think says "Group 2". Click on this and it opens a new little window where you can put in your second nights images. Put them in as you normally would and stack normally. DSS will take care of the rest.

[AstroManDan]

Thanks, that sounds wonderful, but unfortunately I am using Maxim DL.

I suppose there must be a similar way to group them in Maxim.

[nmoushon]

Ah...well sorry about that. I'm just learning MaxIm myself so still using DSS. So can't help you in MaxIm.

[Physicist13]

your methodology is correct. Stack both nights separately then combine.