Observing technique
Image Stacking
Combining many exposures of the same field to build up signal and average down noise, reaching far fainter objects than any single frame — the foundation of deep imaging, from amateur astrophotography to the deepest survey fields.
Facilities, methods & instruments
Knowledge connections
- Associated withPhotometry
- Associated withCCD
- Associated withAstrophotography Planner
- Associated withPlanetary Imaging
- Associated withAstronomical Image Processing
- Associated withDrizzle
- Associated withThe Imaging Workflow
- Associated withSiril
- Associated withDeepSkyStacker
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NSF NOIRLabNSF National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Ground-based optical/infrared observatory data and imagery.