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Conclusions and recommendations

Experiences with reduction of video observations prove that good data can be obtained even if observations are severely hampered by bad tracking. The techniques used to correct for these deficiencies can still be improved.

A further significant reduction of noise will be possible when all frames of a video recording can be processed. Also more details will become visible in such cases. This can be realised either when framegrabber's processing power will grow in the near future or when multiple runs can be combined without introducing redundancy.

The costs of the necessary framegrabbers are so high that they lie well outside the budgets of most if not all amateur astronomers. All of the above experiences were only possible borrowing the necessary equipment. Up till now I have been granted to borrow such equipment for one week a year from the importer of data translation equipment in The Netherlands. The processing effectiveness consequently is very low. Therefore I strongly recommend the professional astronomical society to set up a facility for amateurs to improve this processing efficiency. This can, for instance, be done by lending to amateurs framegrabber equipment that is to be replaced by new generations or framegrabber equipment that serves as back-up equipment for professional institutes.