Walter

Hi all,

Here are two images of Walter from the same avi taken on August 26, 2005 at 9:40 UT. I tried to process as Paolo had suggested, but I'm not sure if I did it right. On the first image, I used just wavelets and used only slider 1. The second image is the same as the first with an Unsharp mask applied. I'd be glad to recieve any suggestions as I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to image processing.

Meade LX90 8" SCT @ f/25, ToUcam 840, IR pass filter, seeing 5-6/10, average stack of 175/1200 @ 10fps using multiple alignment points.

Thanks,
Ed Roach

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Ed, that looks pretty doggone good to me. Nice job!

Walter,

Very nice processing in this one, I like the 2nd one better too. Also perfectly captured, no burned in areas!

great!

Mike

Ed,

Nice images. Thanks to all for sharing your processing perimeters. One question though, what do you mean "using multiple alignment points"? What program give you this capability?

Keep them coming...
Chase

Hello Ed,
I like both images but I think the second is a miniscule bit better . Beautiful job. Excellent detail and the processing is superb.

Jim Phillips

Hello Ed,


Very nice image. You have resolved numerous small features on the crater floor.


Kirk

Hi Ed -

Nice to be able to compare the two fine images. My opinion is a little different - i prefer the first and don't see any additional detail offered by the sharper versions - the additional contrast is nice on the crater floor but comes at the expense of artifacts in the highlights and shadows.

Applying sharpening or any processing filter globally to the image will always be a compromise. The best way to apply these filters is selectively - for instance the crater floor can hand more unsharp mask than the highlights and deep shadows in the image. Photoshop is the most powerful tool (allowing the most selection control) of any program I know for this - do any of the astro imaging programs allow the processing tools to be applied selectively?

Alan