Yeah, bang on. I alternated between around 5 dark and then the light set and then 5 dark again etc. Figured it'd be best to have the dark references at both ends of stacks etc.
Pretty sure that it's not the correct way of doing things, but at the level I am working at though, doing things textbook perfect etc probably is less important than just experimenting and getting the experience to see just what is actually happening!
I need to do the same, I can do star trails stuff fine but not star fields so I need to have a bit of an experiment and trying to get them right, not too bothered if its not perfect just as long as I can get something that's workable and looks decent.
Its still annoying however that to get some really good results I could do with a full frame body with some nice f2.8 lens, not gonna happen anytime soon doh.