Today I tested two different stacking methods for the moon.

Version A: This is a panoramic of four single full-HD videos (2x digital zoom (basically lossless in my camera), 50 frames/s, 30 s, 5% used frames due to horrible seeing)

Stacking of the single videos was done in Autostakkert, merging was done in Hugin, since ICE, LR and PS didn't work.

Version B: This is a stack of 45 single photos with each 4000x6000 pixel. Shot at ISO800 and 1/200s

Stacking was done by the batch processing in fitswork in median mode. Wavelet sharpening in Registax.

Version C: This is a panoramic of 8 single photos shot in eyepiece projection with a 10 mm eyepiece which results in a focal lenght of ~4000mm. The image has lots of faults and I even missed a small edge. However, it is by far the one with the best resolution, roughly 80 MP. Also, the eyepiece projection becomes out-of-focus on the large APS-C sensor. Good thing here is that I don't lose the color information. When I stack in fitswork, my camera RAWs are not recognized and I get a monochrome image.

Version D: Here I stacked 15 photos (ISO400, 1/125s) with Autostakkert. Do do this, I converted all photos to tif and I cut all photos in half, stacked them, and stitched them again in ICE. Wavelets in Registax. Looks pretty good because Autostakkert has much better stacking options than fitswork.

Version E: My new favourite workflow!!! 1. Align single photos in PIPP. Choose only the best ones and load into layers in PS. Create Smartobject and use Median for Stacking. Use "Minimize camera shake" filter. Voila! This is by far the best result from all the different methods.

My conclusions: The video stack is basically noiseless but lacks in detail. The photostack has lots of detail, but still a lot noise. Processing of the photos takes forever, but is done fully automatic. Video stacking and stitching was annoying. Pros and Cons on both sides!

Eyepiece projection is nice, but I need a smaller camera sensor for that. Time for a CCD!