RocketSTEM Issue #10 - February 2015 | Page 49

Registrax interface screen with loaded video. on. With an image like the Moon it is safe to let Registax decide what the align point should be. This is done by pressing the “Set Alignpoints” button. If align points are selected in the dark area of the sky then just adjust the “Lo” intensity value and hit “Set Alignpoints” again. Align points can also be set manually, which is best if you are processing a video of a planet. Once you are happy Alignment details during processing. with the alignment points hit the align button. This now examines every frame of the video and attempts to determine where each of the align points appear on each frame and then register the offsets for later processing. At this point you can switch on the “Show Aligndata” option to provide a graphical overlay of the movement of each point in the video. You can also turn on the “Registrationgraph” which provides a two dimensional analysis of the frames. This is now used to set up the limits of the video for processing. I try to find a point on the Registration Graph where all parts of the green line are below the red quality line. This is done by selecting “Best Frames %” and