First try at the Milky Way..?

Any advice? As everyone once said, I'm new to all of this. I tried reading a lot around stacking, DSS, darks, etc but I'm a bit confused here. Here's three shots with their exif, let me know how I could improve.


5DmkII, 16mm Zenitar Fisheye, ISO 5000, F2.8, 20s

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Stacking images can help pull more detail from the sky. You can read through a good tutorial on using Deep Sky Stacker here:

http://www.asignobserv​atory.com …=article&id=84&​Itemid=125

Note, you may need to install the beta version of DSS to get it to work with your RAW files (assuming you shoot in RAW). I needed to for my 60d's RAW files. The beta is found here:

http://tech.groups.yah​oo.com/group/DeepSkySt​acker/

It looks like you got the focus right, which is the first challenge. Next will be finding the right balance between ISO, shutter speed, and number of images to stack.

^^ do you know how to run this in mac, ios?

I unfortunately don't know much about mac systems or software, but I think Parallels can be used to run windows programs on mac systems. I think you would need a copy of windows as well.

MJCfromCT wrote in post #13617116
I unfortunately don't know much about mac systems or software, but I think Parallels can be used to run windows programs on mac systems. I think you would need a copy of windows as well.

Yes, that should work.

Ace!

I run DeepSkyStacker using a product called Crossover for Mac, which is basically WINE wrapped around a UI. It works decently.

^^thanks.