Feature Request - Make Live Stacking available in Plan and/or Autorun mode

rockenrock

The ASIair development team has been working hard. Many of Feature Requests are already been incorporated. Now it is my turn...
I want to make it possible to Live Stack a DSO target, download the stacked image, dither, and then repeat it again on the same target. Just like you can do in Autorun mode. Why do this?
-- A Live Stacked 20x30sec (600s) image has less noise than 1x600sec image.
-- Signal to Noise improved vs 1 x 600s image
-- 30 sec images will not be as saturated as a 600s one.
-- Less storage space required vs saving all 20 individual frames.
Why do I claim this? SBIG CMOS cameras do this and Diffraction Limited describes these benefits in a more professional manner than I do. Also, SharpCap can do this and Dr. Robin Glover has some technical presentation on it.
Thanks for considering this.

rockenrock

I would also mention that
-- Outreach programs can benefit with Live Stacking a series of objects they set up in advance of the students arriving. This eliminates the steps of selecting and doing the go-to the next object manually. Instead they could be talking to their students as ASIair Plus is doing it's job!
Thanks!

oneredpanther

I'm sorry sir but your central thesis seems incorrect.

A stacked image will not have less noise than a single sub of the same length. It will actually have more.

Due to read noise, a few long subs will always have less noise than many shorter ones.

1 x 600s will have a better SNR than 20 x 30s.