Bill-T Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 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 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 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 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours 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 3 hours ago by LaurenceT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) DSS for simplicity, Siril for better control and also post processing options. Both free. Edited 3 hours ago by Elp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONIKKINEN Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours 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 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours 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...
bottletopburly Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Siril is a fine program, Deepspace Astro has a lot of Siril content, scripts are easy to use too in Siril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago If you're willing to spend money, and don't want to get involved with PixInsight then have a look at AstroArt v8. It will do pretty much everything including capture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albir phil Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Yea Deep Sky Stacker, it dose the job and so easy to use and it's free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB61 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Deep Sky Stacker is free and easy to use, SIRIL is also free and much more capable and flexible but requires a bit more effort to master. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollypenrice Posted 46 minutes ago Share Posted 46 minutes ago I haven't used DSS in ages but found it terribly slow compared with AstroArt. Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffsAndAstro Posted 43 minutes ago Share Posted 43 minutes ago For a beginner (as I am) siril. Name 4 folders correctly, lights, darks, biases, flats and put the correct files in those directories. Launch siril, click scripts, choose osc. Wait for stack to finish, will depend on how powerful your pc is. I think dss is a bit less simple for a complete beginner but I still use it before stacking to help me rate my sub quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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