Total integration planner
Turn a depth target into a capture plan.
Convert desired accepted integration into frame counts, a rejection allowance and remaining time.
Purpose and method
What this calculator does
How many frames must I capture? Turn a desired accepted integration into a capture count and rejection allowance.
In words: Comparable-frame SNR improves with the square root of accepted integration.
Change a value and the result updates immediately. The square-root comparison assumes comparable sky, transparency, framing and calibration quality across the combined data.
Working geometry
Integration accumulation
Accepted sub-exposures accumulate into total integration while a rejection allowance increases capture time.
Inputs
Integration target
Calculated now
Capture requirement
- Accepted frames needed
- 160
- Frames to capture
- 178
- Rejection allowance
- 18
- Planned capture time
- 8.90 h
- Remaining accepted time
- 6.00 h
- SNR relative to current stack
- 2.00 ×
Governing equation
In words: For comparable calibrated frames, signal-to-noise improves with the square root of total accepted integration time.
Show the working
The calculator applies the equation above to the values currently entered, without rounding until this display.
- Accepted frames needed
- 160
- Frames to capture
- 178
- Rejection allowance
- 18
- Planned capture time
- 8.90 h
- Remaining accepted time
- 6.00 h
- SNR relative to current stack
- 2.00 ×
The square-root comparison assumes comparable sky, transparency, framing and calibration quality across the combined data.