I would suggest using the partial phases, since they have more high contrast points for Registax to work with.
Registax 6 tutorial moon full#
Full Moon images have less contrast than the partial phases.I select my own points (sometimes several hundred) at locations of high contrast, such as sunlight shadow boundaries of craters. I don't like the alignment points Registax picks - they seem too random.See this technique - Some Help for Planetary Imagers for a method to take multiple JPEGs.
Registax 6 tutorial moon series#
Uncompressed AVI video or a series of JPEGs taken in sequence work well. Your attempts to center the images in post processing might be what is causing the alignment point problem. This sort of movement can usually be handled by the program. It will be in the same direction in the field of view until the Moon drifts out of the field. Even without a driven mount, if you take images in rapid succession (maybe with an intervalometer or the technique below) without disturbing the imaging setup, the shot to shot movement will be uniform. Make sure that the images are close to aligned as Registax can't handle much shot to shot movement.
Registax 6 tutorial moon Patch#
Registax can patch together these pieces into a better image. Sometimes with a large subject like the Moon, even small parts of the whole image will enjoy better resolution that comes with good seeing. If focus is not perfect, you will not be benefitting from any moments of good seeing. Take advantage of a nearby bright star to focus with the mask. Use a Bahtinov mask, which you can buy or make.
By using pictures of pretty large variances in brightness you could possibly be confusing it as it bases it's point's off one reference image. this is effectively what the align points are using IE points of strong contrast. I don't think this is needed for the moon.Īs for the actual pictures themselves as far as i know Registax uses contrast changes to stack. It seems to work best when a small number of points are chosen.ģ: you seem to have clicked de-rotate image. 1: When you have set the align points set the number to 15 or even 10.