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I set up my gear and start taking images. After I have a few I start stacking them to get a preview. How do I add more lights as I acquire them during the night and add them to the stack w/o doing all of the lights over again?
Thank you,
Szumi
Hi Szumi,
Dynamic integration while acquiring frames is an option that I have not yet implemented.
I think I can implement it though, I'll put in on my priorities list 😉 But it's a function that usually only works well for images of only one session.
If you have multiple sessions, then dynamic integration is something that isn't really usefull. To get good and sharp registration & integration, you really need to combine everyhing from scratch. Because all frames give information on how to optimally register the data. If you add new frames as they come, this simply isn't possible. So a dynamic stack will always be of less quality, even if you combine data of only 1 session.
Kind regards,
Mabula
I agree with Mabula. Stacking subs as they come in through the night is not all that useful, I find. You can get a good enough preview from one sub in your capture software.
One place where it is valuable is EAA and live outreach or broadcasting. I have been looking to a tool that will do the registration and stacking live in Linux for some time now. I played with DeepSkyStacker quite a bit, and up until I discovered APP, used it under wine on Linux without issues. I never did get AstroToaster to work correctly in Linux however. I would not say it is a high priority for this feature, but it would certainly be handy and fun.
Hi xsnrg,
Indeed, those are nice examples of when it is a nice function to have as a possibility 😉 It's on my priorities list..
Mabula
