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Old 10-05-2024, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Stefan Buda View Post
That's impressive considering the conditions and the focal length.

How do you "freeze" the stars? I always get horrible results with DSS comet+stars stacking.
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@Stefan, I think it may have something to do with how DSS is stacking (possibly erroneously?). Try just stacking normally instead of using the comet options. Why do I suggest that? .... Because the difference in perceived angular velocity, albeit watching the stars v Comet track in STELLARIUM, is insignificantly different / probably the same ???, as viewed on screen in Stellarium. I'd also try Sequator for the stacking.

@Bob, love your image, especially @135mm !
...Buonissimo Astro-liano

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JA
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Originally Posted by Stefan Buda View Post
Stacking normally only works for short time-span as the comet moves significantly from one sub to another, at least in my case at 450mm focal length. In this case, at 135 focal length and several minutes time span, normal staking is probably ok. I was just wondering if any special trick was used.
Cheers Stefan and JA, I have not stacked images for yrs ,,, my PC died months ago and using a Laptop and only just downloaded DSS on the night of capturing this comet,, I remember back those Yrs ago stacking in comet-mode was sometimes a bit 'Hit and Miss, maybe focal length and/or comet movement.
That said I just loaded the images straight in to just see what it would produce, and DSS spat out exactly what is you see with Stars and comet aligned.

Last edited by astronobob; 15-05-2024 at 12:13 AM. Reason: simplify
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