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Astronomical video registration

Video Align

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

Complete example evaluation

57-frame source video

The example video is included locally and every output below is derived from all 57 frames. Median stellar registration residual: 0.512 px. Detected object velocity: +0.696, -0.304 px/frame. Persistent sensor defects: 9 hot and 132 dark pixels. The second pass selected a Gaussian sigma of 18 px from five tested candidates.

All preview boxes have the same size. Source pixels retain one common display scale, so smaller common-area videos remain smaller inside their boxes rather than being enlarged.

Uncalibrated sequence

Geometric alignment of the source video without sensor correction.

Star reference — expanded

Registered stars on the complete expanded canvas.

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Object reference — expanded

Moving object centred on the expanded canvas.

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Star reference — common

Star alignment restricted to shared coverage.

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Object reference — common

Object alignment restricted to shared coverage.

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Temporal-median pseudoflat

Persistent hot and dark pixels are repaired before applying the first multiplicative pseudoflat.

Pseudoflat original

Bad pixels repaired and the temporal-median pseudoflat applied.

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Pseudoflat star reference — expanded

Pseudoflat source registered to the stars.

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Pseudoflat object reference — expanded

Pseudoflat source centred on the moving object.

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Pseudoflat star reference — common

Pseudoflat star alignment with shared coverage only.

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Pseudoflat object reference — common

Pseudoflat object alignment with shared coverage only.

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Pseudoflat plus Gaussian residual mask

A second, broader Gaussian illumination mask reduces residual large-scale unevenness.

Gaussian-mask original

Pseudoflat result after the selected broad Gaussian residual mask.

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Gaussian-mask star reference — expanded

Gaussian-mask source registered to the stars.

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Gaussian-mask object reference — expanded

Gaussian-mask source centred on the moving object.

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Gaussian-mask star reference — common

Gaussian-mask star alignment with shared coverage only.

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Gaussian-mask object reference — common

Gaussian-mask object alignment with shared coverage only.

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Mean and median products

Each image uses every frame of its named video sequence. FITS stores three RGB planes and an NFRAMES header. The products follow the same original, star-reference and object-reference layout as the videos.

Uncalibrated: Mean

Star reference — expanded: mean

mean image for Star reference — expanded

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Object reference — expanded: mean

mean image for Object reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Star reference — common: mean

mean image for Star reference — common

PNG · FITS

Object reference — common: mean

mean image for Object reference — common

PNG · FITS

Uncalibrated: Median

Star reference — expanded: median

median image for Star reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Object reference — expanded: median

median image for Object reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Star reference — common: median

median image for Star reference — common

PNG · FITS

Object reference — common: median

median image for Object reference — common

PNG · FITS

Temporal-median pseudoflat: Mean

Pseudoflat original: mean

mean image for Pseudoflat original

PNG · FITS

Pseudoflat star reference — expanded: mean

mean image for Pseudoflat star reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Pseudoflat object reference — expanded: mean

mean image for Pseudoflat object reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Pseudoflat star reference — common: mean

mean image for Pseudoflat star reference — common

PNG · FITS

Pseudoflat object reference — common: mean

mean image for Pseudoflat object reference — common

PNG · FITS

Temporal-median pseudoflat: Median

Pseudoflat original: median

median image for Pseudoflat original

PNG · FITS

Pseudoflat star reference — expanded: median

median image for Pseudoflat star reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Pseudoflat object reference — expanded: median

median image for Pseudoflat object reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Pseudoflat star reference — common: median

median image for Pseudoflat star reference — common

PNG · FITS

Pseudoflat object reference — common: median

median image for Pseudoflat object reference — common

PNG · FITS

Pseudoflat plus Gaussian residual mask: Mean

Gaussian-mask original: mean

mean image for Gaussian-mask original

PNG · FITS

Gaussian-mask star reference — expanded: mean

mean image for Gaussian-mask star reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Gaussian-mask object reference — expanded: mean

mean image for Gaussian-mask object reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Gaussian-mask star reference — common: mean

mean image for Gaussian-mask star reference — common

PNG · FITS

Gaussian-mask object reference — common: mean

mean image for Gaussian-mask object reference — common

PNG · FITS

Pseudoflat plus Gaussian residual mask: Median

Gaussian-mask original: median

median image for Gaussian-mask original

PNG · FITS

Gaussian-mask star reference — expanded: median

median image for Gaussian-mask star reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Gaussian-mask object reference — expanded: median

median image for Gaussian-mask object reference — expanded

PNG · FITS

Gaussian-mask star reference — common: median

median image for Gaussian-mask star reference — common

PNG · FITS

Gaussian-mask object reference — common: median

median image for Gaussian-mask object reference — common

PNG · FITS