fix my comet please!

[blink138]

hello members, discovered the coordinates function on my g11 and found out where c2 was, the g11 swung around and i was stunned when i took a quick iso short exposure to find it smack in the middle.............. that was the easy bit ha ha!
someone posted a similar pic recently
i set dss to comet plus stars and the blasted thing took two and a half hours to get this!
without clearing the file list i set it to comet stack and it looks exactly the same
should i clear the list, re add the files ad then set to just comet stack?
shame because i think the pic might look quite good
any help please
pat

[kinetic]

Pat,
it looks like you have quality data there to start with.:thumbsup:
Hopefully someone can chime in with DSS specific instructions.
Myself, I use Nebulosity, manually stack each sub on the comet.
I'm trying to learn how to do a combination align so that I get the best of both worlds.

Steve

[blink138]

thanks steve
i should have said too that it was a stack of 70 30s exposures at iso 2000
darks and flats unguided
pat

[glend]

There is another thread here talking about DSS comet stacking that eplains all - search and you should find. It was new today.

[cometcatcher]

In order to stack on the comet, you have to individually select each file and mark the comet position for each of the 70 pics.

I wonder if there's a short cut for that because I find it tiresome.

[blink138]

in dss kevin?
and glen i think that was for nebulosity which i do not have, is it a free download/
pat

[JB80]

Yeah it is in DSS, I agree with Kevin it can be tiresome and more so if it is really faint but it looks as if you have a nice bright target.
Basically once you have it set in comet mode go through each sub and set a little circle over the comet.

This may be of some help?
http://www.cowboywithacamera.com/comet-stacking-tutorial-using-dss/

[blink138]

............. just restacking them now after jarrods link, fingers crossed!
pat

[JB80]

Hope it works out for you and look forward to seeing the results. :)