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Neil27
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Reged: 12/15/08
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Loc: East Midlands, England
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I currently use DSS but unfortunately this is windows only. Does anyone else use an Apple Mac specific stacking software?
My workflow involves after acquisition of the images, stacking in DSS, save as Raw Tiff files.
Stack and register in DSS.
Process using CS3.
Would be great if stacking was done on a mac, and for free if possible.
Thanks, Neil.
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Skywatcher Sky Tee
WO ZS66
Pentax 75 SDHF
Celestron 100 EDR
Pentax 105 SDP
Takahashi TOA130NF
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QueueCT
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Reged: 06/25/08
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Neil--
Nothing free that I know of; I'm using Nebulosity and, at 60 USD it's very reasonably priced. It doesn't have the bells and whistles of some other applications but good enough for me. There's a free download that is fully functional except for creating diagonal lines across the image.
John
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dlock
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Reged: 07/26/08
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Loc: Tucson, AZ, USA
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I'd second Nebulosity. 60 USD is a good price for what you get.
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mish
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Loc: East Astronomics
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I'd also agree that Nebulosity, while not free, is extremely cost-effective.
And it runs on both the Mac and the PC, just in case you're OS-ambidextrous...
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Midnight Dan
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Loc: Brockport, NY
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Keith's Image Stacker 5.0 is shareware for $15. Seems to do a good job of stacking and post processing.
-Dan
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Scopes: Celestron NexStar 8SE, Stellarvue 110 ED, Orion EON 72mm ED/APO, Orion ShortTube 80
Mounts: NexStar Alt/Az GoTo, Orion Astroview (EQ3) w/RA drive
Eyepieces: Baader Hyperion 36mm (Aspheric), 21mm 13mm, 8mm, 5mm
Other: 2x & 3x Barlow, 0.63x Focal Reducer, Dew-not strips, DewBuster controller, SQM Meter, Canon Rebel XS (1000D)
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Midnight Dan
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Loc: Brockport, NY
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Here's a more complete list of Mac AP software you might be interested in along with links and cost:
Keith's Image Stacker 5.0 - $15 shareware http://keithwiley.com/software/keithsImageStacker.shtml
Stacking, post processing
Keith's Astroimager - $10 shareware http://keithwiley.com/software/keithsAstroImager.shtml
Webcam capture, focusing, etc.
DSLR Shutter - FREE http://www.stark-labs.com/DSLR_Shutter.html
Automated control of DSLR for multiple long expsures.
Nebulosity 2 - $60 http://www.stark-labs.com/nebulosity.html
Camera control, capture, stacking, processing
PHD Guiding - FREE http://www.stark-labs.com/phdguiding.html
Guiding software, links to Nebulosity
Mac Focus Controllers - FREE http://www.stark-labs.com/page26/SSFocus.html
Controls motorized focusers
AstroStack 3 - $39 http://www.astrostack.com/
Image stacking & processing
LynKeos - FREE (open source) http://lynkeos.sourceforge.net/
Webcam image stacking and processing
-Dan
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Scopes: Celestron NexStar 8SE, Stellarvue 110 ED, Orion EON 72mm ED/APO, Orion ShortTube 80
Mounts: NexStar Alt/Az GoTo, Orion Astroview (EQ3) w/RA drive
Eyepieces: Baader Hyperion 36mm (Aspheric), 21mm 13mm, 8mm, 5mm
Other: 2x & 3x Barlow, 0.63x Focal Reducer, Dew-not strips, DewBuster controller, SQM Meter, Canon Rebel XS (1000D)
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Neil27
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Reged: 12/15/08
Posts: 145
Loc: East Midlands, England
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Many thanks Dan for your time in compiling the list.
I didn't realise there was such a choice of mac software.
Thanks for the input guys.
Cheers, Neil.
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Skywatcher Sky Tee
WO ZS66
Pentax 75 SDHF
Celestron 100 EDR
Pentax 105 SDP
Takahashi TOA130NF
Canon 450D
A lot of enthusiasm, a lot less skill
http://web.me.com/neil27/Starsoverlimetree/Welcome.html
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Starhawk
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Reged: 09/16/08
Posts: 642
Loc: Tucson, Arizona
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Lynkeos is what you are looking for. It's free, really fast, and right now I have it stacking 14 MP images from my Pentax K-7. It writes out 16 bit TIFF as its base format. Be sure to grab a nice section with an obvious unique pattern of stars. Alignment is very smart, and a lot faster than Keith's Image Stacker. The other factor is Lynkeos doesn't have a memory limit. Keith's can only stack about 60 6 MP images, and is unstable at that point. I recommend getting a free RAW converter to use as a preprocessor. I have only one complaint with lynkeos where it swaps around color channels in Pentax .PEF files. So, get lynkeos and stack like the wind!
-Rich
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