@vijay will be conducting part II of the Beginner’s Astrophotography workshop at 2024-07-06T12:30:00Z.
You can join it using this Google Meet link.
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Hi, do you have recordings of the events?
hi ,i do own a dobs 10’ and have an asi224mc , i recently took a video of moon using that ,the video is around 2GB any idea how i can compress it ( tried a lot of websites and online platforms ,nothing worked ) or edit it or even process it , i am not able to post it on social media , would be great if someone could help ! and one more doubt while i use the asi software the zoom ratio is min of 60% only and because of that im not able to fully capture the moon ,like i am only able to capture parts of it zoomed in ! i tried zooming out but its not going below 60% , pls guide me its my first time handling a dedicated planetary imaging camera
hi ,i do own a dobs 10’ and have an asi224mc , i recently took a video of moon using that ,the video is around 2GB any idea how i can compress it ( tried a lot of websites and online platforms ,nothing worked ) or edit it or even process it , i am not able to post it on social media , would be great if someone could help
You need to run this video through something like https://www.autostakkert.com/ to stack the frames. After this, you can use RegiStax/waveSharp- Free image processing software to make the image better. Your output after this would be a normal image file that you can post or share anywhere.
i did try autostakkert but the out put it gave was a multiple mirrored images of the moon ,so thought autostakkert works only for images and not videos! the thing is its not still video like focusing on one part of the moon its a zoomed in video of various parts of moon over time ,you know since im facing issues with adjusting the zoom ration i couldnt get to fit the whole moon within my camera lens
You can try using PIPP (Planetary Image Pre Processor). It is a free application and I have used it before to get frames from a video
yes i did use that too , but im looking forward to post the video and not images 
You can stitch the frames using any video editing software to ensure that the moon is in frame, but the stacked image will be much better than the raw video.
got it thank you ,ill try to cut the video into multiple clips ,that way i guess the 2GB will probably reduce
its a zoomed in video of various parts of moon over time
Stacking cannot be done with videos like these…you need to have a fairly steady field of view to do stacking. You can try splitting the video into parts where the object remains steady and then try stacking.