Batch quality assessment of solar images

[freiform]

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to automatically assess the quality of a large number of solar images in terms of focus and seeing. Ideally I would get a list that I can then use to pick my images programmatically, i.e. get the best n frames out of each 60 s interval. I would then use PI to align those images and, for example, create a time-lapse video.

- I did not find a tool in PI to assess the quality of planetary/solar images.

- With Autostakkert & Co., I did not find an option to just analyze the images and return some type of list containing the quality measures AS uses.

Also, is it possible to use the planetary/solar stacking programs to just analyze and align and store the aligned images w/o stacking?

Any hints would be appreciated!

 

 

 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

PIPP: That can sort frames by quality

[freiform]

I'll have a look at it. I have to see how it stores there ordered files as I actually need to retain the original order for the time-lapse video.

 

[freiform]

Well, looking at the values calculated by PI's BatchStatistics, maybe the standard deviation can be used.