Registax Explained

RegiStax
Developer:Cor Berrevoets
Latest Release Version:6.1.08
Latest Release Date:6 May 2011
Programming Language:Delphi 2006
Operating System:Windows
Language:English
Genre:Astronomy software
License:Freeware
Website:www.astronomie.be/registax

RegiStax is image processing software for amateur astrophotographers, released as freeware, designed to run under Windows,[1] [2] [3] [4] but which also runs on Linux, under wine.

Its purpose is to produce enhanced images of astronomic observations through combining consecutive photographs (an image "stack") of the same scene that were taken over a short period of time. The process relies on the subject (e.g. a planet) being unchanged between photographs, so that any differences can be assumed to be random noise or atmospheric interference.

The stack of images can be in the form of individual consecutive shots or from frames of a movie camera trained on the scene.[5] [6]

History

Cor Berrevoets (Netherlands) began development of the program about 2001,[7] and it was released on 19 May 2002.[8] This initial release (version v1.0.0) had facilities for stack alignment, grading and selection of the images to be merged, and image enhancement using techniques such as wavelet processing.[9] [10] The program was regularly updated by its author and on 6 June 2004 a multi-lingual version was begun (v3) and the program was later available in 15 different languages.[11] To date (September 2022) the latest release is v6.1.0.8 (6 May 2011) which was contributed to by a team of 9 people.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hough. Ken. RegiStax running under Linux ?. astronomie.be/registax. registax. 2 April 2017. 2011. RegiStax has been written and compiled to run under Microsoft Windows, but [...] RegiStax can be run under Linux via wine..
  2. Book: Mobberley , Martin . Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide. Springer. 2006. 89. 9781846281990. The package that emerged head and shoulders above the compeditors was written by a Dutchman, Cor Berrevoets and is called Registax..
  3. Web site: Digital Astrophotography Beginner's Guide - Article. 2003-04-16. Pierre. Vandevenne. Registax (by Cor Berrevoets) offers the best lunar and planetary results in a very easy to use package.. 2013-05-26.
  4. Web site: Joe Zawodny » RegiStax vs AviStack. 2008-11-15. Joe. Zawodny. RegiStax has been around for a long time and is probably the single reason why amateur astronomy has made huge strides in the last several years.. 2013-05-26.
  5. Book: Mobberley, Martin. Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide. Springer. 2006. 89. 9781846281990.
  6. Book: Digital Astrophotography: The State of the Art. 45–60. Keith. Wiley. Steve. Chambers. Long-Exposure Webcams and Image Stacking Techniques. Springer. 2005.
  7. Web site: RegiStax- Free image processing software. Cor. Berrevoets. 2013-05-24.
  8. Web site: Download. 2002. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20020812190546/http://aberrator.astronomy.net/registax/html/download.html. 2002-08-12. Cor. Berrevoets. 25331_Berrevoets.
  9. Web site: Registax. 2002. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20020609132157/http://aberrator.astronomy.net/registax/. 2002-06-09. Cor. Berrevoets.
  10. Web site: Digital Astrophotography Beginner's Guide - Article. 2003-04-16. Pierre. Vandevenne.
  11. Web site: Registax. 2004. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20041208183432/http://aberrator.astronomy.net/registax/index.html. 2004-12-08. Cor. Berrevoets.

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