Bill-T Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago I am new to astro but have bought Zyrene ( https://zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker ) and used it successfully for macro photography but I'm sure the requirements for astro pictures are more specialised. Any recommendations for a starter software package please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Deep Sky Stacker is free and pretty damn good. Worth starting out with before spending real money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurenceT Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 1 hour ago, Bill-T said: I am new to astro but have bought Zyrene ( https://zerenesystems.com/cms/stacker ) and used it successfully for macro photography but I'm sure the requirements for astro pictures are more specialised. Any recommendations for a starter software package please? It largely depends on what type of files you are capturing your astro images in. I use Zerene for macro photography and it's excellent but it won't work for stacking fits files in astrophotography as it only works with tiff and jpeg files, if you are capturing your astro images in those files it might be worth a try as you already own Zerene. As mentioned DSS works well, I stack my images in Siril and 99% of the time it's perfect. For the other 1% that Siril rejects I've used DSS and it works well for those, just one of the many mysteries of astrophotography processing! Edited 1 hour ago by LaurenceT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) DSS for simplicity, Siril for better control and also post processing options. Both free. Edited 1 hour ago by Elp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONIKKINEN Posted 49 minutes ago Share Posted 49 minutes ago If you are patient and have some time to spare for learning, then Siril as it is very good but a bit difficult for a total beginner to use. Otherwise go with DSS, its very simple to use and does an ok job at stacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurenceT Posted 30 minutes ago Share Posted 30 minutes ago I'm obviously bored this morning with time on my hands, I batch converted some fit files of the Eastern Veil nebula to jpegs in Irfanview and then stacked them in Zerene. As you can see the final result is less than stellar (pun intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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