Registax 6 is driving me crazy, work flow help please.

[Chris]

So I'm giving planetary and lunar imaging a go with my ZWO, and I've got what looks like reasonable data from last night, the only problem is that I can't seem to stack it

I've consulted sir Google and as a result download PIPP, but even when I run an AVI through PIPP prior to stacking it still goes wrong?

It all looks fine until I get to the limit stage, then the dots jump off Jupiter to the edge of the frame, and at this point I know it's not going to stack as I've been through it so many times during the last couple of weeks with two sets of data.

What am I doing wrong? I've tried alligning anywhere from 2 dots to about 20 and this doesn't make a difference.

I'm probably doing something blindingly obviously wrong to experienced planetary imagers, so I thought I'd better ask before my hair falls out!

If I can get past this hurdle I think I'll enjoy it. I enjoyed capturing the data at least, I can see that it could potentially become addictive/expensive lol  

 

p.s also what gain do people set for capture. 80% seemed pretty clean for Jupiter.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Try AutoStakkert! I have all but ditched RS6 in favour of AS!2. I only do wavelets in RS6, all stacking is done in AS!2

[Chris]

Thanks Michael. I'll give it a go and report back

[Psychobilly]

4 minutes ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

Try AutoStakkert! I have all but ditched RS6 in favour of AS!2. I only do wavelets in RS6, all stacking is done in AS!2

Pretty much the way I ended up doing things as well...

 

[ngwillym]

+1 for what Michael said

[PeterCPC]

Another for that.

Peter

[Zakalwe]

Registax was The Daddy when planetary stacking started out. It hasn't been updated in over 5 years and it has been very much superseded. It's stacking workflow was never very easy at the best of times.

 

Autostakkert all the way now- it's faster, much easier to use and produces better results. For sharpening Lunar images, use ImPPG (let AS!2 place a grid of alignment points over the whole image and then import the stacked image into ImPPG). Registax still is useful for wavelet sharpening of planets.

[Zakalwe]

38 minutes ago, Chris Lock said:

p.s also what gain do people set for capture. 80% seemed pretty clean for Jupiter.

That seems high- use the lowest gain possible. All gain does is amplify the signal AND the noise in the sensor. It's better to have a lower frame rate and low gain that a high frame rate and a noisy gain-amplified image. Make sure to keep the histogram high (>50%) otherwise you will get onion-ringing.

[geoflewis]

33 minutes ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

Try AutoStakkert! I have all but ditched RS6 in favour of AS!2. I only do wavelets in RS6, all stacking is done in AS!2

That's what I do - stack in AS2!, wavelets in R6, channel align in PS, de-rotate in WinJupos....

[VSOP]

R6 also doesn't handle stacking of large tif or jpg still images

[Chris]

Well AS2 for stacking and RS6 for wavelets worked a treat! Thanks for the heads up everyone  

I've stacked a few so far, not the best in the world as I've not done much of this type of imaging and it's only a 6" f/5 Newt, but I'm happy with the start and encouraged to try and improve!   

[ngwillym]

And now - welcome to the arcane world of wavelets

[PeterCPC]

As usual the biggest issue is the seeing.

Peter

[Skyline]

http://www.autostakkert.com/

Nice and easy software.

[knobby]

+1 for pipp then autostakkert