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Produce a sharp image of a planetary system object (moon, sun, planets) from many seeing-affected frames using the "lucky imaging" technique.
The program is mainly targeted at extended objects (moon, sun), but it works as well for planets. Results obtained in many tests show at least the same image quality as with the established software AutoStakkert!3.
The software is written in Python 3. The program uses array operations (OpenCV, numpy) wherever possible to speed up execution. A modern graphical user interface (implemented using the QT5 toolkit) and good usability were high priorities in designing the software. PSS is platform-independent and can be used where Python 3 is available. The software has been tested successfully on Windows, various Linux distributions, and macOS. Starting with version 0.8.0, PSS can be used either in GUI mode or from the command line, e.g. as part of a large automatic workflow.
Input to the program can be either video files or directories containing still images. The following algorithmic steps are performed:
Program execution is most efficient if the image data and all intermediate results can be kept in memory. This, however, requires much RAM space. Therefore, the level of buffering can be selected in the configuration dialog, ranging from 0 (no buffering) to 4 (maximum buffering).
There are three ways to install the program:
The way to start the program depends on how it was installed:
A discussion platform for all issues concerning this software project has been created in the context of the German amateur astronomy forum Astronomie.de. Currently, this forum is in German language only, but an English branch is in preparation. Additionally, an extensive discussion on the subject can be found on the Cloudy Nights forum.
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PlanetarySystemStacker
We found that planetary-system-stacker demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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