Comet stacking ignoring comet position

[deepskystacker]

Comet stacking ignoring comet position

[perdrix52]

Go to the first image (in the time sequence) and carefully mark the comet position (we are still using DSS here). Repeat this with the last image in the time sequence. Now chose the reference frame - usually this should be the frame with the highest score but equally you could choose it based on the framing you want (i.e. position the comet well with respect to the frame edges - possibly aiming for rule of thirds) - and mark the comet in this frame as well. To recap you mark the comet position in just three frames of the stack - not all frames.

See also:

https://groups.io/g/DeepSkyStacker/message/21585

David
David