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Originally Posted by thegableguy
For a target the size of the Moon, the resolution you get from a single fast still frame is always going to be vastly better than the best HD video can do, even in less-than-ideal conditions. Hugely better. Video stacking is the only way to go for very small fuzzy targets like planets, but for the Moon you're far better off taking a single shot than wasting time & effort using video.
This was a single RAW photo taken with a cheap Nikon through the same exact OTA as yours. Mild editing done in Lightroom. It's considerably shrunken here to fit the 200kb IIS restriction but the original resolution is wonderful - razor sharp right down to the pixel level and it's a 24MP camera. ISO 400, 1/1250.
For a good full Moon shot just take a dozen or so of these and pick the best one.
(Different story doing close-ups on craters, of course. Once again it's all about Barlow lenses and stacking videos.)
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Hi Chris,
That's a great pic. I understand what you're saying but I am also trying to learn how to stack stills as well.
I found a good tutorial here
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?t=1224931
It uses a program called PIPP to centre and convert the images. When I used this the resulting TIFF files - even up to full 18MP resolution - worked fine in Autostakkert2.
I processed a couple of pictures that I don't really think look any better, and a bit rougher around the edges on one, but just happy that I got the process to work.
BTW - what do you find is best to get the pics down to 200kb for posting?
Thanks
Mick