A Guide to Stacking Images in Deep Sky Stacker (DSS): Deep Sky Objects and Comet Images

Dave Eagle, an amateur astronomer, astrophotographer, author and astronomy tutor has been running astronomical workshops and outreach for many years. Due to demand from students he has now started to covert the contents of his tutorials into handy guides. This is the first of his astrophotography guides to be published. Step-by-step it shows you how to set the software up a simply as possible to enable you to stack raw images in Deep Sky Stacker. This freeware enables you to take a number of astronomical images and add them together. But first starting out with the software can at first be quite intimidating. This beginners guide to processing and stacking images covers processing of static deep sky objects and well as moving comets. Soon you will be well on your way to producing your own stunning photos of astronomical objects.