Thanks so much for posting this video, you've made the whole process so clear and understandable, just starting out in Astrophotography and this video is absolutely brilliant.
Just watched the video to help me with a recent photo of Jupiter I took. Incredibly clear and easy to understand as this was the first time I used PIPP, AS, and Registax. You made the process so much easier than I anticipated after opening the programs and looking at all the options. Thank you!
I can't express how thankful I am! The most useful tutorial hands down! Straight to the point, super easy to follow, explains everything in detail. It was my first time trying it and I am amazed. Again, thank you so much
That is very nice of you to say. I have really enjoyed putting these planetary imaging tutorial together and hope to have more video coming soon! Clear Skies.
This was incredibly helpful to those of us just starting out with no idea where to begin. I was clueless about even which software to use for editing a video like this. I have a lot to learn about actually using these programs but it is a huge help just to know which programs and the functions you might use in each of them. Thank you for this video.
I was in your spot, starting out with imaging, just a few years ago. It is an exciting thing to learn about and I appreciate your kind comment about my video. Take care and let me know if you have any questions along the way!
@@LateNightAstronomy I appreciate the resources. Your channel seems to be one of the better ones to pass along basic information we need. I do have a question. Are the cell phone camera mounts really worth the hassle? They look awkward to get set up properly. If I have a few more bucks to spend, would you recommend getting an entry level eyepiece camera as a better alternative? I'm kind of leaning in that direction. Something like the SV105 or maybe Orion Starshoot. I don't want to invest many hundreds of dollars just yet but I do want to capture some decent images without major headaches.
I’ve only been doing astrophotography for a couple days and each day my pictures have been getting slightly better. But I haven’t used any of this yet so I can’t wait to try this
Late Night Astronomy When I’m recording should I use a Barlow lens to be zoomed in but have less time with the object in view. Or should I not and get a longer time that the object is in view?
@@Loading-tr7yv Great question. I have gone back and forth on this myself and have settled on normally using a 2x or 3x barlow lens to get more detail on clear and steady nights. I would suggest you experiment with this but for my camera and telescope the 3x barlow seems to be my sweet spot most nights.
Probably the best starter video I have seen on Y T and I've seen a lot! Wish i had spotted this months ago. I'll be checking out the rest of your videos. Thank you so much
thanks a lot ofr this great tutorial man no one on youtube explains it as clearly and as simple as you do , today i took some videos of saturn and jupiter following your steps and then i edited them in all those stacking programs and the results are amazing thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge friend blessings amen
Really clarified things for me. Thank you for giving a clear explanation of the process. I'm starting with binocular astrophotography with smartphone and just now starting with lunar imaging. Will be giving PIPP and the stacker pgms a try at the moon, weather permitting tomorrow am. Thanks again.
Thanks for taking the time to let me know that. You are taking a smart route by starting with binoculars and lunar imaging. I took a similar approach several years ago and worked my way up to planets and beyond!
Thanks for letting me know that! I'm looking forward to getting back into planetary imaging once Jupiter and Saturn swing around into better view later this year! I've got specific video's on how to image most of the major planets if you are interested!
@@LateNightAstronomy thanks! I'm looking to buy my first tracker soon and get into some deeper space objects soon too. I still have to capture venus though and my editing needs work.
@@trickster08311 Check out my review on the Skyguider Pro. I've had it for 2 years and have found it a great mount for my DSLR. I'll have more videos on astrophotography coming out this Spring and Summer.
@@trickster08311 Both are solid products. I picked the Sky Guider Pro due to the type of gears it uses internally and it's overall design. Honestly, you would probably be pleased equally with either one!
This has been very helpful! Your articulation has made things very clear for novices like myself. Now you must try Uranus my favourite planet! Thank you kindly!
I appreciate your comment! I may have to do a series on Uranus and Neptune. Those are two planets I have never imaged before. Take care and clear skies,
Very cool dude I just shot my 1st planetary videos this past week and I was impressed with the results using my cell phone but after seeing this process and what you can do by grabbing individual frames from video clips and stacking together I am really stoked about what the potential is
"In die Kuerze liegt die wuerze" as the Germans say which loosely translated means that the essence was conveyed in a short presentation. Awesome video. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for your comment. Please come back and let me know how things go for you! I'm looking forward to imaging Jupiter, Saturn and Mars later this year!
I got interested in astronomy when I was probably around 7 or 8 years old. Owned a few telescopes growing up but got seriously into the hobby again in my early 20s.
I just started in AstroPhotography in 2018 and proggresively doing it and i always take pictures on planets and galaxies through a smartphone, i can't wait to do stacking for myself ^_^
@@LateNightAstronomy well its mostly Milky Way Photos and then enhanced using Lightroom, mostly for my planet photos i only used Smartphone which is a bit Low Quality but enhancing it makes it more detail, just recently i got a new scope which is a 700MM Refractor and i'm really looking forward to do Planetary imaging and soon stack it up... This is gonma be a long progress for me :D
@@LateNightAstronomy Sweet! I just processed Jupiter and Saturn from a couple days ago and they turned out great! Our setups are almost identical so I'd love to see what you get :)
Thanks SO SO SO Much for this very good video! It is perfect for beginners like me and easy to understand and follow the steps, I could finally manage to see Jupiter's belts on my photos ! :)
That is very kind of you to say! I actually am working on a new video specifically for imaging and processing Jupiter. I hope to have it out in the next two weeks if you are interested.
I really appreciate the thoroughness of your tutorial- how stable is the software? I haven't used pipp yet (although thats an incredible tool I'll be downloading), but Autostakkert or Registrax (can't remember which one) had some crash issues a few years ago when I tried to use it the first time. I REALLY hope it's stabilized; I'd love to make a go at some stacked astro again.
I appreciate you taking the time to let me know that! I'm running both of those on a Windows 10 with 64bit versions of both pieces of software with almost no issues.
Thanks nice video reminder on whats what! As you asked, have you tried your images through the unsharpe mask tool in Astro Art. Regards Steve not Rachel
No I have not used that program. I’ll have to see if there a free/demo version of it for me to try out. I do sometimes put these planetary images through PixInsight. Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks so much for this very detailed tutorial ! I am trying to get some photos of Saturn and Jupiter and will be using a 5d mark IV. However, I don't know which video settings I should be using, could you help me with that ? I basically can choose between : - 4k 30fps (pros : high res and big crop of x1,74 so way better magnification /// cons : not so many frames per second) - 720p 120fps (pros : a lot of frames per second /// cons : much lower resolution, no crop and "poor" quality compared to 4k or even 1080p) - 1080p 60fps (pros : sharper than 720p and more frames than 4K /// cons : not as sharp as 4k and no crop) what would you choose ? Thanks !! (I think I will try all of these tonight and pick the best)
Since this all comes down to Frames Per Second I think you may be surprised at how nice the image comes out at 120fps 720p. You may also find a sweet spot between resolution and FPS to be 1080P. On crystal clear nights you may be blown away by the 4K 30 FPS. Please get back to me with your test results, I'm very curious. My bet is going to be on 1080p 60! Let me know if I'm right or wrong!
@@LateNightAstronomy thanks so much for answering! Sadly I wasn't able to try this night as clouds suddenly arrived... I will try all and come back to you once I get the results! (I sent you a DM on insta which will make it easier ;)
Thanks a lot for this tutorial. But plz make a separate video on planetary imaging camera Sir i hv a question. Incase of a planetary imaging camera do i still need a barlow??
Thanks for your kind words. I have not owned a specific camera for planetary imaging beyond a DSLR. My guess is that a barlow may or may not be necessary depending on the type of telescope and focal length you are using it with.
@@anujitmaity0722 I would suggest you start with using just the camera and telescope as is. Not knowing the specific one you are looking at it is possible a 2x barlow down the line could help to get in a bit closer on the Moon and Planets. Let me know how it goes for you!
Thanks now i know how to make a cool picture. But there is one problem, when i look at venus through my telescope it just looks like what is under an microscope, what am i doing wrong?
Venus is a tough one to image due to how bright it is. I would suggest you double check your focus and maybe even try to use a lunar filter on it. I find the best pictures of Venus come when it has more of its shadow showing over the next month or so.
Awesome just took 10 second video through svbony 305 goto 16" dob said I got 330 frames nondropped, should have taken a minute video huh, maybe next time, Cant wait to try this with my video thanks for demonstration How big a picture can you make before it blurs, getting it printed at Walgreens or wherever 8" by 8"?
Glad you found the video helpful. SVBONY is a company I've recently come across and am actually filming right now a review of their zoom eyepiece for the channel. I have printed the planets on 8 x 10 print before. Depending on your imaging equipment and resolution they can look quite nice printed at that size.
Hello - Thank you for this tutorial. Can you please post the raw image file you started with. I would like to practice editing the video, and its been cloudy here for over a week :(
Thanks! This video really made things super clear and I was finally able to get a good image of Jupiter & Saturn from some old videos I had. One question thou. Not sure what I’m doing wrong but my final images are really small files like 1.4 mb. Are they supposed to come out that way? Not sure where in this process is reducing the frame size and in the end I have a clear but small image.
I am currently using a dobsonian telescope which does not have tracking capabilities. Telescopes that track can collect a lot more frames! Do you currently image the planets and do astrophotography?
@@LateNightAstronomy Hi, thanks for the reply, yes I do a lot of astrophotography and some Planetary imaging, thought this video was a very good simple explanation of the process, currently I bypass the PIPP stage as I track and see no real advantage for using it, unless you know an advantage with tracked images. Keep up the good work. You can see my Images on my facebook page Tenerife Astronomy and Astrophotography or my Flickr Page www.flickr.com/photos/petetenerife/
@@peterlouer3145 Beautiful images. I particularly like that one of the Pleiades and Mars close by each other! Stay in touch and best of luck with your astrophotography.
Another strange happened with PIPP is when I load raw videos from asiair pro pipp is turning them like purple color But if I load them straight to AS3 then rgb is perfect But needed PIPP to center image because my tracking isn’t best
I followed your very clear video. Thanks. But I do not know why my final image (moon) has straight lines superimposed on the moon's surface. I tried some variations of the steps but nothing I did made a difference. Have you ever seen them and if so, how do I stack and process without importing the straight lines into a fine moon image.
Thanks for your compliment and you raise a good question! The processing for the Moon can be slightly different in PIPP and Autostakkert if the surface takes up the whole image and that could be the reason for the lines showing up in how the image is stacked. I tend to not stack most of my images of the Moon but have seen people pump out incredible results from stacking the lunar surface at high magnification. Sorry I can't be of more help and please stop back by to let me know if you find a solution.
That is odd. Registax 6 should work fine with .tif files. Make sure you have the newest version of Registax and perhaps you could do some google searches to see if others have experienced that problem.
Can you please elaborate on why 3 programs are needed ? Is it possible to just use one ? and if not, why ? I am just curious as to what each program does. There seems to be overlap between these programs. Thank you.
Good question! PIPP is used to format the original video for later use. Autostakkert is the best program I've found to stack the best frames from those videos. Registax is an old but useful tool to sharpen those stacked frames for fine detail. I wish an all in one piece of software existed for free but I don't know of one right now. Let me know if you have anymore questions!
@@LateNightAstronomy I ve gotten better results using avi as you showed. I asked cause the pipp use tiff as the default output type, i dont know if this happen only in the version that i was using
I am using an unmodified DSLR camera so it still has all of the filters built into it. I do not use any external filter however with this imaging set up.
I have found pointing a cell phone or DSLR and the ground, trees or mountains is the best way to go. You can even use a telescope if things are really far away :)
Yeah, you may be right. I believe my canon dslr shoots cr2. I would suggest you see if there is a program that can convert your video file to cr2. Also, shoot an email over to the PIPP developers and see if they plan on updating their software to CR3.
For the process outlined here you will need to shoot video so that the software can pick out the sharpest frames from that video. You could always attempt to just take still frame pictures using a DSLR or smartphone. If you go that route just jump to the parts of the process that detail Registax and GIMP. You won't be able to pull out as much detail but you could still get some nice pictures out of it.
@@TheClearStalker Good question! It depends on what type of telescope you own and what planet you are observing. For me, Jupiter moves through the field of view in about 30 to 45 seconds so that is the length of the footage I shoot. If you have a telescope that is tracking the planet, you could shoot for longer, but remember that the planet is also rotating so you may only be able to shoot for a maximum of a minute or so depending on your magnification.
@@LateNightAstronomy I have a non tracking 8" dobson, a guy on reddit inspired me to do a picture of saturn or jupiter myself, he used non tracking 10" dobson, below he provides a video and he was shooting saturn for 3 mins, when it got out of fov, he just moved the telescope to find it, can i do that too? www.reddit.com/r/telescopes/comments/ilcab8/saturn_using_an_untracked_10_dob/
@@TheClearStalker For Saturn you can image it longer. Jupiter rotates so quickly and has such a detailed surface that it will begin to look blurry if you record for too long. Test out different recording length using the techniques I mention in the video and let me know which you find most beneficial. I will be posting a specific video on imaging Saturn later this month.
Wll this work without video footage and just RAW photos? My camera doesn't have zoom while taking a video without a electronic lens. I can get somewhat decent photos but not super sharp. I use a celestron 5se with star tracking and I use a Canon rebel t6 with 2x Barlow with a CLS filter
Processing the Moon requires a few different settings but the applications used are the same. Look for lunar surface features in Pipp and autostakkert.
Hi, I have a old cannon and little understanding in stacking images. I converted my mvi file to avi and pipp accepts it but when finish processing the folder only give logs and no video. Thanks!
That's an interesting problem that I don't have an answer for! You may need to see if the message boards over at Cloudynights.com may have an answer for you. They have a great community for technical questions on planetary imaging.
@@LateNightAstronomy thank you very much 🌹 for your answer, time and help But I just wonder if I take some pictures instead of recording a video, is there a program that I can use, who will make one great picture out of 20 pictures for example. The program you have is creating a nice image out of frames from a recorded video, but is there a similar way to do the same with just pictures? I hope my English is understandable 😅
Backyard EOS is wonderful software. I have been pleased with my focus results using the digital zoom and my eye, however. For this tutorial I was trying to keep everything to as few moving parts as possible for beginners. But you are correct that better focus can be gained from Backyard EOS! What types of things do you enjoying imaging?
@@LateNightAstronomy I now use my DSLR and the Star Analyzer 100 to create spectra of the stars….it would be next to impossible to get good focus on the spectrum without the aid of BYE.
When i press start processing on PIPP it crashes after 20 secs and error say "All frames have been discarded from 0 input frames." I dont know how to fix this.
Thank you. The only thing I could think is to double check that you are selecting the PIPP file you just created instead of the unprocessed one. Other than that, you may want to do some google searches for that specific issue. I have not comet across it.
For me it allows me to click that when I have an appropriate file ready to go for stacking. If that isn't to case for you I would suggest you reload the program and then contact the website/creator of it to see if they have a solution. Take care and clear skies.
Thanks for sharing this video! I have some issue using these tools. My final images (if I zoom in) are composed by a mosaic of squares... unfortunately I cannot share the images here... any idea of what I am doing wrong?
@@LateNightAstronomy I am using a Canon 700D with Newton 114/900 and Barlow 2x. Something happens when using PIPP (or Autostakkert with ffmpeg) I think is something related to the conversion from .mov to .avi. It is like having pixels grouped in bigger squares
@@enricocarca7899 That was my guess as well. I would suggest checking to make sure all the software is the latest version and reading through this article I found. sites.google.com/site/astropipp/downloads
@@LateNightAstronomy thanks! You can see my pictures of the issue in this post on Facebook facebook.com/groups/BackyardAstronomy/permalink/2498723673758775/
Excellent vide Few troubles I run to it pipp did not center my video object and after that auto stacker did not let me move on on the stack ( 3 ) option Any idea ?
Hello! I've recently been having a few problems with PIPP, where all my frames keep being deleted. Do you know if there is a fix to the problem? Thanks.
I have not come across that issue and am sorry to hear that it is causing you frustration. Other than attempting a fresh install of the program I'm afraid I can't help you out to much. Try doing a google search of the problem and let me know if you have anymore questions.
@@LateNightAstronomy I can now tell you that your method is awesome. It worked. I obtained good images of Jupiter and Saturn with footages I couldn't get anything good from.
Apparently the website is no longer active as of a month or two ago but the program can still be found in link provided in the description of this video.
