De-rotation with alt-azimuth mount?

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astrodany
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De-rotation with alt-azimuth mount?

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Hello!
I need to know if is it possible to grab and stack lunar videos with an alt-azimth Mount.
Does SharpCap de-rotate the single frames?

Best regards, Danilo
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Re: De-rotation with alt-azimuth mount?

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Hi,

There's no need to do any de-rotation when taking lunar, planetary or solar images as the videos are almost always short enough that no significant field rotation occurs during the imaging time.

The only de-rotation functionality inside SharpCap is the one built into the live stacking tool for deep sky imaging.

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Re: De-rotation with alt-azimuth mount?

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Danilo

The stacking of lunar/planetary videos is usually carried out outside of SharpCap with a program such as Autostakkert which can be found at
https://www.autostakkert.com/wp/download/

Dave
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