astrostack question

[5ash]

Does anyone in the group use this program ? Is it any good for deep sky photos. Im told the current commercial version will additively stack photos to mimick longer exposures. Is this correct . Is it easy to use?
regards philip:help:

[gbeal]

I looked at it briefly, on account of me having a Mac, but I bit the bullet and bought another PC, specifically for imaging and processing, as most if not all software seems to be slanted to the PC.
The download version I tried didn't accept an AVI either from memory.
While I haven't tried it, I believe Registax will align/stack your DSO images. Also consider trying MaxDSLR, it will align/stack. Ditto with IRIS.

[beren]

http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html this one is free

[5ash]

Thanks for the suggestions . Ive tried deepskystacker and it seems to work well but im looking for an additive stacker to simulate longer exposures. i know imageplus will do this but its beyond the budget. Any other suggestions??
regards philip

[[1ponders]]

I haven't tried Astrostack, but there one called imagestacker you could try. It is freeware and has a number of stacking option including additive. I had pretty good success for quick stack to get ideas of how a session will turn out.

http://www.tawbaware.com/imgstack.htm

[5ash]

thanks for the info i,ll try imagestacker. it looks ok
philip