Stacking multi-telescope imaging data with different focal lengths and sensors

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Interactive Sky avatar

Hi everyone! 👋

I have a question for the DSC team (and anyone working on collaborative imaging projects).

If you’re willing to share, I’d love to learn a bit about how you approach stacking data from different telescopes and setups. For example, combining data with:

  • different focal lengths

  • different pixel scales

  • different cameras/sensors

Do you typically resample everything to a common scale before integration, or process datasets separately and combine later?

And how do you handle differences in the field of view when mixing full-frame and smaller sensors?

I completely understand if parts of your workflow are something you prefer to keep within the team — even general guidance would be greatly appreciated. 😀

Thank you!

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Tom Boyd avatar

Limited experience here, but I am combining data from my FLT132 and my CarbonStar200. I stack the data for each scope separately. I then remove gradients from the each of the results. I then register the gradient-corrected images - which in PixInsight resamples the data. And then stack the registered results.

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Interactive Sky avatar

Thank you, Boyd.

I’ll try to do that as well.

I’m also interested in whether WBPP can handle data from different cameras and focal lengths together.

Clear skies!

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Tommy Mastro avatar

While I use WBPP, I find APP better at this. That said, I know WBPP can handle such combos, but it’s not so obvious. If you Google (AI) you question, I believe it will explain the WBPP process.

Interactive Sky avatar

Thank you, Tommy.

I also thought that APP would be better, but I just wondered if anyone uses WBPP like this.

Clear Skies!

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