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Stu

Aug 29 2010, 06:04 AM

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After James mentioned "stacking" in one of his posts in the 'Distant Vistas' thread, I thought I'd have a go at using the astronomical image stacking freeware program "Registax" with MER images, just to see if it would work - hoping, of course, to bring out details on the Endeavour hills - and was quite pleasantly surprised with how it turned out. Others can do much better, I'm sure, but for a first go, hmm, quite happy.

Took half a dozen Pancam images of our old friend from Sol 2024 (Oct 2009), like this...

... and after stacking them together, and doing a bit more tweaking with contrast and brightness and cropping, got this...

As usual with my stuff, not claiming any scientific value, or new insights into the associated geology, just trying to make an attractive picture.

Some more here: http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/stack-em-up including one I'm really pleased with... http://roadtoendeavour.files.wordpress.com...8/met-new2b.jpg

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Stu Registax and MER images Aug 29 2010, 06:04 AM

Ian R Well, you've succeeded with flying colours, St... Aug 29 2010, 06:48 AM

elakdawalla Stu, are you starting with the raw JPEG or with th... Aug 29 2010, 02:40 PM

Stu Starting with raw, for now. Will have to build up ... Aug 29 2010, 03:15 PM

elakdawalla Using the raw images when the calibrated stuff is ... Aug 29 2010, 05:31 PM

James Sorenson I certainly agree with you Emily. Lately I have be... Aug 30 2010, 02:23 AM

Astro0 I agree with the above, but it's worth noting ... Aug 30 2010, 06:12 AM

Stu Well, I was quite pleased with those efforts, sat ... Aug 30 2010, 08:00 AM

elakdawalla But you don't have to be an "experienced ... Aug 31 2010, 10:31 PM

Stu I'll be totally honest, I had no idea it was a... Aug 31 2010, 10:44 PM

elakdawalla For some missions it's not *quite* that easy -... Aug 31 2010, 10:53 PM

Stu ...and, my first PDS-derived image... Looks lik... Aug 31 2010, 11:27 PM

elakdawalla Dragged you kicking and screaming, but I got you t... Sep 1 2010, 01:00 AM

Stu QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Sep 1 2010, 02:00 AM... Sep 1 2010, 06:08 AM

Astro0 OMG - Stu will be impossible to stop now. I can he... Sep 1 2010, 04:15 AM

djellison If you want to go slightly more hardcore - you can... Sep 1 2010, 06:19 AM

Stu Give me a chance; I've just figured out how to... Sep 1 2010, 06:35 AM

ugordan QUOTE (Stu @ Sep 1 2010, 08:35 AM) Give m... Sep 1 2010, 08:26 AM

climber I love this discussion! It's exactly what ... Sep 1 2010, 08:09 AM

Stu To support Emily's point, here's a quick b... Sep 1 2010, 02:02 PM

hendric Stu, I was about to say "Now THAT looks lik... Sep 1 2010, 08:16 PM

fredk Just a niggly comment: I would call the archived ... Sep 3 2010, 06:13 PM

elakdawalla I agree that that's how the terms should be us... Sep 3 2010, 09:02 PM

Stu Some more PDS-derived images here... http://roadt... Sep 11 2010, 09:17 PM

MouseOnMars Is the stacking technique recommended for vista/ho... Jan 13 2011, 01:47 AM

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