Re: MaxiumDl vs Registax

From: Bill Samwells (wsamwells_at_ez.net)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:37:22 GMT

"Chris L Peterson" <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in message >

> The inability to work with 32-bit FITS files is a near fatal flaw in
> itself.

I agree, that is one drawback with Iris. In Registax, 32 bit files seem to
work, but don't try using them in anything but Registax. I've even had to
seriously manipulate Registax 16 bit files to get them to work elsewhere.

It would be great to be able to take a 32 bit FIT saved stack and apply
processing from an other program entirely, but I've never found a way to do
it outside of Registax.

Bill

> > All, and
> >I mean ALL, else is way above any of the pack of other applications
> >(Maxim, Registax, K3CCD, AA3, CCD Soft and so forth)...
>
> I'll assume that you mean for what you do. It certainly isn't the case
> for what I do. I find:
>
> -Maxim/Pinpoint is far superior for astrometry, providing more accurate
> and faster plate solutions with far less effort (Iris won't even get the
> nominal plate center from the header!)
>
> -Maxim provides superior image stacking tools.
>
> -AIP4WIN provides superior tools for differential photometry.
>
> -CCDSharp provides superior deconvolution.
>
> -Photoshop provides the best tools for aesthetic processing of
> astroimages.
>
> -Maxim and TheSky/CCDSoft are superior in their ability to provide
> automation and interface with other software.
>
> -Maxim is superior in its ability to manage autoguiding.
>
> Good for you that you've managed to find a single application that suits
> all your needs. I still need a half dozen (and as good as some of the
> processing algorithms in Iris are, I rarely need to use it).
>
> _________________________________________________
>
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com

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