First image ever - Awful... but still I'm happy :)

[stepping beyond]

Very nice 1st images, I too enjoy lunar imaging. I explore with live feed video on my laptop here in the USA, the more you get out there doing the better you'll become. KUDOS

[glowingturnip]

were you re-ordering by quality in PIPP before stacking in Autostakkert ?

I think, but I'm not sure, that Autostakkert uses some level of continuity between frames to help it stack, so if you reorder by quality before stacking then you have jump discontinuities between frames which confuses AS.

Try it without reordering by quality, see if it gets rid of the ghost craters

[Vox45]

Very nice 1st images, I too enjoy lunar imaging. I explore with live feed video on my laptop here in the USA, the more you get out there doing the better you'll become. KUDOS

Thanks !

Lunar imaging is great way to start... the moon is easy to find ! I am sure that, as I get better, I'll enjoy it even more. Just looking at the moon and explore the surface is amazing. The photography part is, for me, to share that feeling and spread the joy

... So many things to see, so little time

[Vox45]

were you re-ordering by quality in PIPP before stacking in Autostakkert ?

I think, but I'm not sure, that Autostakkert uses some level of continuity between frames to help it stack, so if you reorder by quality before stacking then you have jump discontinuities between frames which confuses AS.

Try it without reordering by quality, see if it gets rid of the ghost craters

Great tip ! I did not know about that. I will give it a try

Since it's cloudy outside, I thought that I could do a master flat and master dark for my webcam.. I see that they can be used in Registax... I guess that should help to get better pics.

[Luke]

Nice shots, well done on your first astro pics! Great start with some early feathers in your cap: good focus, using PIPP, stacking, wavelets

[Vox45]

Thanks Luke !

...and thanks to all of you guys and gals for being so supportive ! It's what makes this forum so special to me

[Vox45]

were you re-ordering by quality in PIPP before stacking in Autostakkert ?

I think, but I'm not sure, that Autostakkert uses some level of continuity between frames to help it stack, so if you reorder by quality before stacking then you have jump discontinuities between frames which confuses AS.

Try it without reordering by quality, see if it gets rid of the ghost craters

I did what you recommended and it worked it got rid of almost all ghost in the images.

Still not very nice to look at, but I can see a big improvement from the 1st version posted in this thread and this 3rd one. All is not lost for me.

Great tip Thanks