DeepSkyStacker 3.0 – freeware

With this program, you can: Freeware for astrophotographers simplifies pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures. and the below is its basic information:

Developer’s description: DeepSkyStacker 3.0 – Freeware for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures.

DeepSkyStacker is a freeware for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures.RegisteringStackingpost-stacking processes to quickly view the final result.Saving the resulting picture to a TIFF file (16 or 32 bit)After a shooting night you give all your pictures (light frames, darks frames, offset/bias frames, flat frames) to DeepSkyStacker and you go to bed. The next morning (or is it afternoon?) you can see the result and start post-processing.Features:Automatic registration of a set of picturesAutomatic detection of stars using all the picture areaPreview of registered starsSub pixel registrationAutomatic derotationAutomatic creation and use of offsets, flats and darks framesSub pixel alignment and stackingSupported bitmaps formats : 8, 16 and 32 bit colour and monochrome TIFF files, 8, 16, 32 and 64 bit colour and monochrome FITS files, JPEG, BMP, PNGNative use of RAW files from most DSLRs (CR2, NEF, CRW, …) without using an intermediate file format (TIFF or other).Darks, Flats and Offsets computed from and applied directly to the RAW picture before any interpolation.Stacking methods: average, median, kappa-sigma clipping, auto adaptive weighted average, entropy weighted average, maximum…Preview of all pictures (including RAW)post-processing with RGB levels, luminance curve and saturation adjustments.Save the resulting picture to 16 or 32 bit TIFF files with or without adjustments applied.and intuitive user interfaceOptimal memory usage: the same amount of memory is required to register and stack 10 or 500 pictures…. click here for more…