What is DeepSkyStacker?

DeepSkyStacker is a freeware for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures.

  • Registering
  • Stacking
  • Simple post-stacking processes to quickly view the final result.
  • Saving the resulting image to a TIFF or FITS 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.

We have put together this simple video showing the basics of DSS

Download DSS click here

Select the full screen button to enlarge the video.

Tutorial DeepskyStacker from smallmadtv on Vimeo.

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