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Hello;
My name is Joaquin and I want to start using the Sharpap for deep sky astrophotography with my 16" F 4.5 telescope with azimuth tracking.
I have several questions about how to use the Sharpap with live stacking.
Is it necessary to use the Sharpap pro for that or can I start with the free one?
If I start with the free Sharpap, what do I have to keep in mind? A few nights ago I took this with my 16" F4.5 telescope + 0.67 focal reducer.

What is the difference between using the free live stacking and the Pro one?
Saludos

Hi,

you can find a list of the features that are enabled by buying a SharpCap Pro license here : https://docs.sharpcap.co.uk/4.1/#SharpC ... 20Features

For live stacking, you can quite happily make great images with the free version, but the pro version gives you tools to help improve image quality (dark subtraction/hot pixel removal/flat frame correction/image enhancement tools) along with features to just make things easier to use (auto stretch buttons to automatically generate a 'first try' at a stretched image, colour adjustment tools in live stacking, etc).

Note that you can try out the SharpCap pro features if you want - just use one or more of them and accept the prompt to try them out. While you are trying out the pro features without a license you won't be able to save any images, but you can use them to see how well they work for you.

cheers,

Robin