The Moon Oct. 4/5

[Astrodoc]

I couldn't figure out how to register images of the moon in PI (if someone can tell me, please do so! I am all ears).  However, I did all processing of the stacked image in PI.  In particular I found the RestorationFilter worked GREAT to recover detail in the image, LocalHistogramEqualization did a good job on the contrast and brightness and TGVDenoise was very effective for preserving detail during noise reduction.

Image and details at http://astrodoc.ca/gibbous-moon-october-4-2014/

Clear skies,
Ron

[pfile]

using the FFTRegistration script will probably work, it's worth a try anyway.

for certain lunar images i think people have had luck with StarAlignment, but the parameters have to be tweaked such that it can pick up bright features on the moon as "stars"

rob

[Raymond]

Hi Ron
You can use Staralignment; try following settings:

Star detection:
  scales: 8
  peak resp.: 0.90
  max. distortion: 0.050

I often get good results with those ones.

Following links may help you too (they helped me doing all the work in PI!):

http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=5908.15
http://www.radice.biz/articoli/translations/71-creating-seamless-lunar-mosaics-in-pixinsight

Hope this helps
Raymond

[MikeOates]

Ron,

You may find a previous post of mine helpful, it includes Staralignment settings:
Processing Example: The Moon in NarrowBand using StarAlign & Drizzle
http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=7214.msg48564#msg48564

Mike

[Astrodoc]

Thank you all for your suggestions, which I will look at as soon as I get the chance!

Clear skies,
Ron