I finally gave in and tried stacking my Jupiter shots

Always thought it was too much work for a blurry planet. Stacked 200 frames from a clear night in March and the detail was shockingly clear, even with my old 8-inch scope. Anyone have a favorite free stacking program they'd recommend over the one I used?

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seth_martinez215mo ago

Oh man, I know that feeling! I use Registax for stacking, it's free and kind of clunky but man, it really pulls out the details once you get the hang of it. Totally worth the hassle.

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fisher.reese5mo ago

My Registax stack looked like a toddler's art project.

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blake_lewis4mo ago

My buddy Kyle spent three hours on a Registax stack of Jupiter last month. He had 2000 frames and followed a YouTube tutorial step by step. The first result looked like a blurry potato with a red dot. He almost deleted the whole thing and gave up. Then he watched a different tutorial that showed the wavelet slider trick and it changed everything. Now he's got a framed print of it on his wall.

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