AstraStack is an easy to use application used to stack videos or images of planets, the sun, moon, deep sky objects and more. Stacking is a technique used to improve the quality of the image by aligning each frame and then averaging the best frames to create a low noise version of the image which can then be sharpened.
Enable snaps on elementary OS and install AstraStack
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install AstraStack
To install AstraStack, simply use the following command: