DeepSkyStacker

What is DeepSkyStacker?

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


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.

 

If you can't wait, DeepSkyStacker Live is also available to watch the result of an ongoing imaging session being created as the images are downloaded from the CCD or DSLR.

 


                                     

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DeepSkyStacker: Main Features

DeepSkyStacker: Advanced Features

What is not DeepSkyStacker?

DeepSkyStacker is not a post processing software with advanced options like noise reduction, wavelets, unsharp mask...


DeepSkyStacker cannot be used for planetary pictures registering and stacking.


There is a lot of software (some free, some not) for these tasks: Pleiades' PixInsight, Iris and of course Photoshop to name a few.
 


Spanish translation:
DeepSkyStacker is available in Spanish (including the help file) thanks to Ricardo Contreras and his team from Espacio Profundo:
Marcelo Abelenda, Federico Billia, Ricardo Contreras, Maximiliano Filoreto, Elizabeth Lohrengel, Claudio Martinez, Esteban Pedroncini, Marcos Rodriguez and Horacio Zaragoza.


Czech translation:
Program DeepSkyStacker je freeware grafický program pro úpravu astronomických snímků. Je specializován na zpracování snímků hvězd a jiných bodových zdrojů. Zpracovává  8, 16 a 32 bitové TIFF a FITS soubory a RAW soubory z CCD snímačů, podporuje řadu digitálních kamer. Vytváří složením několika obrazů přes sebe jeden snímek sledovaného úseku oblohy a přitom odstraňuje vady snímacích prvků a objektivů včetně zemské rotace a umožňuje dodatečné úpravy snímků. Pracuje v jazyce anglickém, českém, francouzském, španělském a italském. Instalační soubor je anglický, ale vlastní program se automaticky při  spuštění přepne na podporovaný jazyk podle jazyku operačního systému PC nebo podle volby jazyka v informačním okně programu. Nápověda je anglická.

Český překlad: Přemysl Lukavský, lukavsky.premysl@tiscali.cz


Italian translation:
DeepSkyStacker is available in Italian thanks to Fabio Papa

Nota agli utenti italiani: il programma di installazione e' ancora in inglese, come anche il file di help, ma tutto il resto e' tradotto in italiano.


Catalan translation:
DeepSkyStacker is available in Catalan thanks to
Francesc Pruneda

Usuaris catalans han d'utilitzar l'instal·lador en castellŕ.
L'instal·lador i els arxius d'ajuda estan en castellŕ, perň la resta estŕ traduida al catalŕ


German translation:
DeepSkyStacker is available in German thanks to Wilhelm-Michael Kasakow

Anmerkung für deutsche Benutzer: Sie müssen das deutsche Installationsprogramm verwenden.


Dutch translation:
DeepSkyStacker is available in Dutch thanks to Eelko Gielis and Inge van de Stadt

Voor Nederlandse gebruikers: U moet het Engelse installeer programma gebruiken.
Het installeer programma is nog steeds in het Engels als ook het help bestand maar de rest is vertaald in het Nederlands.


Traditional Chinese translation:
DeepSkyStacker is available in Traditional Chinese thanks to Wei-Hao Wang

正體中文使用者:請安裝英文版。安裝程式與說明檔目前仍為英文,
其餘皆已中文化。


Portuguese/Brazilian translation:
DeepSkyStacker is available in Portuguese thanks to Manuel Fernandes.

Para os usuarios da lingua Portuguesa: devera baixar o DSS integralmente em portugues, juntamente com o ficheiro de ajuda, tambem em portugues. .


Romanian translation:
DeepSkyStacker is available in Romanian thanks to Emil Kolbert and Valentin Stoica .

Nota pentru utilizatorii romani: va rog sa folositi programul de instalare in limba engleza, acesta nefiind tradus in romana. Intreaga interfata a programului DeepSkyStacker astfel instalat este tradusa si in limba romana..


Russian translation:
DeepSkyStacker is available in Russian thanks to Oleg Milantiev.

Спасибо за русский перевод Олегу Милантьеву
Примечение для русских пользователей: пожалуйста, используйте английскую программу установки. Установка пройдёт на английском, но сама программа будет с русским интерфейсом..


The legal stuff
Well, since it cannot be avoided ...
I wrote this software for myself using my DSLR (a Canon EOS 350D) and my computer (a Pentium IV with Windows XP SP3) as a target platform.
It will probably work for you but then it may not.
I will do my best to fix the bugs, but I have neither the time nor the resources to analyze and fix all the problems that can arise with others DSLRs and others platforms.
This software is free for your own personal use without any limitation in time or in features.
You may not distribute this software in any way but you may add a link to this website.
This software is "as-is" without any guarantee or warranty.
The author is not responsible/liable for any damage resulting from the use of this software.