[APML] Mosaic/Panorma software

["Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Axel, would this software be useful for lunar mosaics with a ccd camera?

Stuart
http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/
Flesherton, Ontario, Canada

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Axel Mellinger" <axm2@canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Cheap fun - 100F and a tripod


> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Chris Cook wrote:
> 
> > Only needing about 4 shots to cover the whole sky (overlapping included),
> > this would be quite a easy project.  Then comes the actual mosaic on the
> > computer.  What programs are available that could warp shots taken with a
> > fisheye lens to produce a nice mercator projection image?
> 
> Chris,
> 
> I think many of the commercial panorama programs would allow you to do
> this (although I am not sure about their accuracy - astrophotos are more
> demanding than landscape pictures). Here is a free software package that
> supports fisheye lenses:
> 
> http://home.no.net/dmaurer/~dersch/Index.htm
> 
> There is also a commercial front-end (though I have no personal
> experience with it):
> http://www.ptgui.com
> 
> Another option would be to create an artificial star map using a
> planetarium program (such as The Sky or XEphem) and use Registar to
> transform your fisheye images to that projection.
> 
> Clear skies,
> 
> Axel
> 
> 
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