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Help a beginner
I've been live video viewing with small 1/3" astro cameras and more recently DSLRs. For this I've been doing short exposures (5-60sec) with high gain/ISO and stacking with sharpcap and astrotoaster to get live(ish) images.
I might be stupid but I wanted to try some longer exposures on my dslr to try out some AP. I would only be doing it with my short focal length refractor, not on my SCT (that seems a bridge too far). I can get reasonable 2min unguided subs and have now got a guidescope/PhD working (I think). So I have some equipment basics sorted (naive) and I can find pile of useful info to improve the hardware side of it (especially my mount).
But, software. I want to find somewhere that has some dummies advice on the software involved in capturing and processing. There's a myriad of stuff out there and I can't make any sense of it -PI, nebulosity ....
So, can anyone help !
What should I look at trying and what uptodate resources are out there. Or should I stick with what I have = sharpcap, astrotoaster, DSS plus I have photoshop (thanks work) and some freeware.
In ignorance, Chris
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