Good resolution moon pictures

[Peterj]

I'm hooked on the moon and constantly look for ways to get sharper images. Registrax is a free open source image alignment, stacking, & processing package primarily used

for astro-photography available for Windows only. The earth’s atmosphere fluctuates and interfereswith images; since the disturbance is random it can easily be negated by stacking images.

My short tutorial is available on Cloudup

[hmca]

Thanks for adding this, Pete. This may be of particular interest to Inspeqtor .

[Peterj]

Results using registrax stacking 10 images compared to a single image from the stack

The label "Filtered Results" comes from On1

[Peterj]

Take a look at this for fantastic a moon image

[pontiac1940]

Pete,
Thanks for the moon link. Can't find the moon photo but super happy that we might see another comet. Will be keeping on top of this.
I am interested in photo alignment so will download Registrax. Thanks for the tutorial too. 👍
Your moon example looks good. I have never been pleased with my moon photos. 
Thanks,
Clive

[Peterj]

Jan 13, 2023 6:08:22 GMT pontiac1940 said:

Pete,
Thanks for the moon link. Can't find the moon photo but super happy that we might see another comet. Will be keeping on top of this.
I am interested in photo alignment so will download Registrax. Thanks for the tutorial too. 👍
Your moon example looks good. I have never been pleased with my moon photos. 
Thanks,
Clive

You're most welcome Clive. Sorry about the moon pic I copied the wrong link ... try this

[pontiac1940]

Jan 13, 2023 16:51:40 GMT Peterj said:

Sorry about the moon pic I copied the wrong link ... try this

Wow, that is some high resolution considering the distance!! 

I am going to download Registrax tonight. Do you know if I have (say) 10 photos in 10 layers, will Registrax align them but leave as layers (i.e. saved as a multi-layer file) so I could then open again in PSE? 

The images in this GIF  were aligned manually one at a time. (I could not figure out how to align them in Elements+). Would be nice to have them aligned better....note how the fence tops move a tiny but. 

Having said that, I'd like to try stacking several moon photos to see if I can get better photos. I have good glass and cameras and the air is clean here but my moon shots are only so-so.   

Thanks,

Clive 
 

[Peterj]

Do you know if I have (say) 10 photos in 10 layers, will Registrax align them but leave as layers (i.e. saved as a multi-layer file) so I could then open again in PSE? 

I haven't tried that; what I do know is Registrax will do it's magic to create a new image from the aligned versions; none of the source images are changed (at least the way I process)

I have good glass and cameras and the air is clean here but my moon shots are only so-so.

You're probably aware of this ... shooting the moon at it's meridian usually produces better images because there's a bit less atmosphere to shoot through. Also letting your camera adjust to the outdoor temperature will help.

Do you know what 50% of Canada is?  

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[pontiac1940]

Jan 13, 2023 18:02:09 GMT Peterj said:

Do you know what 50% of Canada is?  

What is it? 

[Peterj]

Jan 13, 2023 20:42:48 GMT pontiac1940 said:

Jan 13, 2023 18:02:09 GMT Peterj said:

Do you know what 50% of Canada is?  

What is it? 

A very bad dad joke >>> A appears 3 times in a 6 letter Canada

So 50% of Canada is the letter A

[pontiac1940]

HA HA  
I could make it worse by adding, eh? (A = eh) 

[Peterj]

I've been using afocal photography (through the lens) with my iPhones for quite some time; ever since I upgraded from an 11pro to 13pro I had very poor results. After many trials with out decent results I went Google and discovered that Apple introduced LiDAR (light detection and ranging  - similar to radar) to the 13 & 14. This is a huge benefit for night time imaging, however it's awful for afocal. LiDAR is not a controllable with software, however there's a simple, free fix - just physically block it. take a look >>> www.weasner.com/co/articles/iPhone_13_Pro_Max_LiDAR.html

Here's a shot after using a small piece of tape just covering the LiDAR, a 12 image stack using Registax 6; minor tone adjustments using On1, no noise reduction, dynamic contrast, cropping in On1.