Re: [APML]: Image Registration

[Jerry Lodriguss <jml@astropix.com>]

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>This could be good for some instances but could not handle the
>problem I ran into where a donut of stars need to move toward the
>center.

>Just from the causes you've listed it seems unlikely that they can
>all be controlled to the degree we'd like them to be. A better
>alignment tool is probably the only answer.


It seems to me that the best answer would be finding out why this is
happening in the first place and then fixing it there. I've never heard of
anything like this.



>If you or anyone else would like to wrestle with the images I've been,
>I could upload the full res jpegs of Robert's green and blue Veil
>exposures for you to try. These are the ultimate in bad. I had far
>better luck aligning my blue and green Pelican refractor exposures
>to my 500mm lens red Pelican exposure! I've never seen anything as
>bizarre as these.


No thanks!  I have enough trouble with film creep to drive me crazy!

Jerry
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