The check tick box, which you use to select the channels have a color coded status, You can change colors at any time, and use the 'ReApply Colors' button to recombine the image with the color changes. Red+Lum, Blue+Lum, Green+Lum, maps to both the color and Lum+ LUM+ will add the channel to the image's luminance LUM replace the image's Luminance with channel, In order for AstroToaster to associate an image with a channel, you would have to include the channel name as part of your file names.ie for the OIII channel, using '_' as a delimiter M42_OIII.fit or EagleNebula_OIII_image01.fit would work.įor each channel you can select the color it will be displayed as in the finial image.īlue+Green, Red+Blue, Green+Red map to both colors Under MultiSpec Options select the cannels/filters you want to process. Multispectral Stacking (new, version 3.0)Įnables stacking and combining of monochrome images taken with different filters. If you click on an image in the fileList it will appear in the viewer. Stacked – green – is the stacked image created from the Offset – brown – offset Master calibration file (optional) Light – yellow – are the images to be stackedįlat - grey - flat Master calibration file (optional) You will need to indicate the ‘file type’ from the drop down context menu.
In the FileList by using the PictureFiles or CalibratinFiles button, or byĭragging and dropping from a windows folder. If the Monitor button is turned on, any new files appearing in the monitoringįolder will automatically appear in the FileList.
The Filelist, manages the image files used by AstroToaster.
(See the DSS documentation on how to do this) If you choose to use darks, offsets, and or flats, it willīe necessary to prepare and save these as Master files ahead of time in DSS To simulate what will happen in the field. Images into the application’s FileList, and seeing what happens is a good way Images it will be difficult to learn much ). With DSS and astroToaster before hand.( Once you are out in the dark taking It is best to take a set of images that your camera has produced, and experiment The viewer in AstroToaster, will allow you to quickly Learning DSS takes some time, because the tasks it performs are quite amazing.īut after you have it configured for you camera and setup, you will rarely haveĪstroToaster will use DSS settings and processing engine to calibrate, alignĪnd stack your images. You will first need to be able to manually process your images in DSS in a It takes the user settings and options fromĭeeepskystacker is a freeware program by Luc Coiffier, and can be Type/extension of the images produced by your camera.Įngine (DSS) for all processing. Screen will appear, you will need to select your Monitoring Folder, Outputįolder, Verify that the Deepsky program folder is correct. There is a yahoo group for it, and you can find knowledgeable users on many The help and user instructions that come with it are very well written and
It is a freeware program by Luc Coiffier, and can be downloaded from
1) Your laptop is all set for the night imaging session, theģ) click on the auto Monitor, Stack, RefreshĤ) Start taking pictures with your camera, adjust colors andĭownload the install program for Choose to ‘run’ the program, you will be guided through the install scripts