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Astronomical video registration

Video Align

Star-field and moving-object alignment without shrinking the recorded field.

Quick start

  1. Start VideoAlign.exe.
  2. Select a video and an output folder.
  3. Leave moving-object detection enabled for any clearly moving targets.
  4. Enable the spacecraft switch only when the camera was on a spacecraft; Earth-based processing omits all spacecraft metadata.
  5. Start processing and keep the log open until completion.

Input advice

Use the original recording. A rich star field, modest drift and targets moving approximately linearly give the best result. Only tracks reaching 99.9% internal detection confidence are retained. Output video is H.264 MP4; quantitative stack products are also available as FITS.

Support: videoalign@jostjahn.de