Stacking and aligning moon photos

[eturk49]

I took 20 pictures of the full moon with my dslr. I have been trying to stack them to produce a clearer image with less noise but its not working. Can someone please help me?

[barbara_a]

What steps are you doing?

[postrophe]

Hi

Next time, connect your "dslr" to a telescope, then use photoshop to enhance your one shot. My 2¢

You understand that the Moon and Hearth are in constant rotation ?

Pierre

[lahoof]

Moon is locked to Earth so does not vary.

[davescm]

Here are the steps I use

1. Use File -Scripts -Load Files Into Stack

   When doing this tick both "Attempt to Automatically Align Source images" and "Create Smart object after Loading Layers"

2. Select the Smart object

3. Go to Layer - Smart Objects - Stack Mode - Median

If there is a problem aligning the layers change the above to:

1. Use File -Scripts -Load Files Into Stack
    Do not check "Attempt to Automatically Align Source  images" and "Create Smart object after Loading Layers"

2. Reduce the opacity of the layers and use move to align manually

3. increase opacity back to 100%

4. Create a Smart object from the layers (Layer -Smart Objects - Convert to Smart object)

5.  Select the Smart object

6. Go to Layer - Smart Objects - Stack Mode - Median

Hope this helps

Dave