Just to clarify: Stack the stacked files and calibrate that?
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 7:40 pm
Hello everyone!
I got a question that I've been wondering regarding live stacking.
On the bottom, we have the option of "save/clear at every ____ minutes (pick whatever limit of minutes).
So assume of instead of letting it run without checking this and keep stacking even like up to an hour, I pick "save and clear at ever 5 minutes".
So assume I saved them as .fits - so I'm producing some number of 5 minute stacked files.
Would this be an ideal to later stack those 5 minute exposures together with a stacking software or even with Sharpcap's folder option stacking?
Let's say I have 10 of those, so stack the 10x 5 minutes?
Or let's say I did live stacking , but I didn't use any calibration files, like a master dark or flat.
Let's assume I made a 60 second master dark file (same gain/offset as my live stacking lights) ,
Also assume I live-stacked 5 minutes, made out of 60 second subframes.
Should I be using the 60 second master dark for that, or should I create a 5 minute -long master dark?
I mean this is probably like a captain-obvious question for many, but I just wanted to be sure.
I got a question that I've been wondering regarding live stacking.
On the bottom, we have the option of "save/clear at every ____ minutes (pick whatever limit of minutes).
So assume of instead of letting it run without checking this and keep stacking even like up to an hour, I pick "save and clear at ever 5 minutes".
So assume I saved them as .fits - so I'm producing some number of 5 minute stacked files.
Would this be an ideal to later stack those 5 minute exposures together with a stacking software or even with Sharpcap's folder option stacking?
Let's say I have 10 of those, so stack the 10x 5 minutes?
Or let's say I did live stacking , but I didn't use any calibration files, like a master dark or flat.
Let's assume I made a 60 second master dark file (same gain/offset as my live stacking lights) ,
Also assume I live-stacked 5 minutes, made out of 60 second subframes.
Should I be using the 60 second master dark for that, or should I create a 5 minute -long master dark?
I mean this is probably like a captain-obvious question for many, but I just wanted to be sure.