Switching to Atik 314l× mono

[Craig123]

Think I would have bought registrar straight off Carole but I need to save  up abit.No doubt I will get it down the line.

[jjosefsen]

What does registrar do that DSS or Pixinsight doesn't?

[carastro]

I can't answer for Pixinsight as I don;t use it, but I get a feeling you can use it for registering the different filters.

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What does registrar do that DSS or Pixinsight doesn't?

DSS can register images that are to be stacked together, but it cant register images that aren't to be stacked together, i.e. your Red, Green, Blue, and Luminance need to be registered to each other but not stacked together.  When they are combined they are combined via their relevant channels.  

Also DSS won't combine images of different sizes, Registar will rotate and re-size images so they will fit each other exactly - which is how you can combine images done with different scopes and cameras and also binned and non binned data.

HTH

Carole 

 

[Davey-T]

Aligns images at different angles and resolutions from different scopes and cameras, don't think DSS does no idea about PI.

Dave

[jjosefsen]

OK thanks for clearing that up for me.

[Craig123]

Thanks all for clariying some of this..its all new to me.I downloaded Astro tortilla as I would like to use a sub to frame up my next session   but it asks  which index you need based  on 20% of narrowest fov Does anyone know what this relates to.Many thanks

[Craig123]

10 hours ago, carastro said:

Yes it's not cheap but compared to some other software around and the cost of astro kit in general -  in comparison it is worth its weight in gold.  When I first started mono imaging I tried 2 other softwares for aligning the filters and found them convoluted and unreliable, and I could not align the images properly.  Then some-one told me about Registar so I bit the bullet, and those who use it including Olly and myself will swear by it.  Well it's there if you need it.

Carole 

 

Does it stack the images as well as matching binned  RGB to 1x luminance so you don't need dss at all or does it then all need to bevtransferred to Dss or similar. 

[Craig123]

11 hours ago, spillage said:

 I just connect to my kit load up a previous image 

Does it work easily with the other software you use..some functions overlap with Sharp cap for example and I've just got guiding working so don't want to confuse things with extra programmes...but Im really tempted as The APT page looks really good

[carastro]

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Does it stack the images as well as matching binned  RGB to 1x luminance so you don't need dss at all or does it then all need to bevtransferred to Dss or similar. 

You need to stack the images in DSS or whatever stacking software you use, then when you are left with - say - Luminance stack, Red stack, blue stack, Green stack, you take them into Registar and make sure they are all rotated/same size as each other so that when you create the coloured image the stars will sit exactly on top of each other.  Registar has a crop tool which - if there is any movement between the filters the resulting images will sit exactly on top of each other. 

So no, Registar doesn't do the stacking.  Or if it does I have not found it. 

Carole 

[Craig123]

Much appreciated Carole.

[spillage]

1 hour ago, Craig123 said:

Does it work easily with the other software you use..

This will easily connect with PHD2 and send dithering commands for you. I also sync it with cdc. It has some really great features. Take a look at the manual here.

[sloz1664]

AstroPixelProcessor is another piece of software that will calibrate and align your images,regardless of image scale, size etc. It also has a neat mosaic tool also.

Steve

[Craig123]

9 hours ago, sloz1664 said:

AstroPixelProcessor is another piece of software that will calibrate and align your images,regardless of image scale, size etc. It also has a neat mosaic tool also.

Steve

Thanks Steve..it does look very good for the price.I will dig deeper in to tutorials and manuals and find out what should work best for my set up.C