Anyone using ImagePlus?

[gasman1]

Does anyone there use ImagePlus? I got my upgrade to version 5.0 and it's very nice. I also use Matlab for some processing. Anyone use Matlab either?

[netwolf]

I have used Matlab to do some analysis work on Ovision PEC Data. Used to use it at Uni all the time for various work. But not really for image processing in astronomy. The other two were Maple and Mathamatica.

Are you using the Image processing Toolbox? How do you find it compared to ImagesPlus. I have been using Pixinsight which i find is quiet good. It does not have a capture module though so i use nebulosity but have been thinking of getting SequenceGeneratorPro or Astroart.

I did see a thread i think maybe on Cloudynights about a chap using Matlab. I dare say it will not be so popular with Amateur Astronomers, its got a bit of a learning curve. It would be nice if someone made a Toolbox for Amateur astronomers on it. There is also I recall a free alternative to Matlab, might be nice to get a toolbox for that one.

Edit: just found this on Google, could be useful for the Metor hunters.
http://www.magnanimitas.cz/ADALTA/0101/papers/kubickova.pdf

[leon]

I don't image anymore but did use it when i did, I found it a great program, still have it on my lappy.

Leon

[gasman1]

I can't recommend Matlab for the casual user ($8-10k); my copy was purchased by the company I work for. The image processing toolbox does have some nice filtering stuff, but it's not really oriented towards astrophotography. I'm developing a some prestack processing stuff in C based on my Matlab prototypes. I hope to improve on the sqrt(n) reduction in random noise achieved by simple summing. The 2-D median filter found in some software only does a simple n x n moving median filter (n = 3,5, ...). There is a line pattern sensitive median filter which tends remove outliers nicely without reducing bandwidth and blurring structure as much.

[netwolf]

gasman, if you are coding your own algorithms. i would ask you to look at PixInsight forums, lot of guys there are creating some very nice add on modules for PI. And the best thing about PI is its cross platform. Windows, MAC and Linux.

http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=1a14dd6caaa1861 e9c10a9594fe3db8e&#c4

[gasman1]

Thanks for the info and link! The stuff I'm doing is just for me now and it will be only for Linux.