You still need the equatorial to keep the target stars in frame, or keep
repositioning. Depends on length of exposure. DSS adds all the light frames
together, subtracts the noise from the dark frames. Makes stars that are
really dim visible.
Paul Braun
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> On Jul 28, 2014, at 18:50, Mike Gordon via olympus
> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Snip .......using Deep Sky Stacker and shooting anywhere from
>> 200-300 frames at a time.
>
> Why so many frames? So DSS obviates the need for an equitorial tracking
> mount? What does it do with the exposure?
> Sounds very cool.
>
> Star Struck Mike
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