PixInsight Mosaics
Introduction Making astronomical mosaics is a difficult task. There can be intensity and gradient differences that make the seams visible. Even when the…
Category: Tutorials
My posts on how I go about acquiring and processing images.
Synthetic Flats with PixInsight
Table of Contents Introduction Synthetic Flat Creation with Subframes Synthetic Flat from a Single Image Introduction There are many instances where calibration frames…
Adding Borders to Images
This came from another question posted on Cloudy Nights. It’s something I’ve done with my prints and I’ve found this method easy and…
PixInsight Star Removal
Removing the stars from your image can be done for artistic purposes or to separate the nebulosity from the star field so it…
PixInsight Manual Image Calibration, Registration and Stacking
Overview PixInsight has some fantastic tools and there are some nice wrappers around them, like the BatchPreprocessing script, that make them easier to…
M42 PixInsight Tutorial
This is another tutorial spurred on by a Cloudy Nights discussion. I posted this same tutorial in pieces on that thread but decided…
Star Halo Removal with PixInsight
This is my tutorial on removing star halo’s caused by internal reflections using PixInsight. This came about from a forum post on CloudyNights…
Making Pretty Pictures From Scientific Data
Clouds, horrifically bad seeing, rain, oppressive heat, the Moon and of course a regular day job. These are all things that can keep…
Choosing a Camera for Astrophotography
There are many ways to approach the purchase of a camera for astrophotography. You may already have a scope that you want to…