The Large and Small Magellanic clouds are satellite galaxies of our own Milky Way galaxy. This is the Small Magellanic...
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SH2-131 – Elephant Trunk Nebula
By Erik
/ June 14, 2022
This is a widefield view of IC 1396, or the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, in the constellation Cepheus. The Elephant’s Trunk...
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Flying Bat and Squid Nebula
By Erik
/ June 8, 2022
This is the Flying Bat (red) and Squid (blue) nebula: This is a dataset available from Telescope.Live and represents 46...
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Convert a LRGB/Broadband Image to Narrowband/SHO
By Erik
/ June 6, 2022
Slooh.com offers members broadband imaging, that is, Slooh.com captures images using the LRGB filters. Lately I have been getting into...
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Converting a Green Narrowband Image to Hubble Palette Using a LUT in Photoshop and Photopea
By Erik
/ June 3, 2022
One of the frustrating aspects of narrowband imaging is the amount of exposure time necessary to get a narrowband image...
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Moon During May 15/16, 2022 Lunar Eclipse
By Erik
/ June 3, 2022
This is the moon as it appeared during the May 15/16, 2022 lunar eclipse: The moon was a very dark...
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Preview FITS files using QuickLook for Windows
By Erik
/ May 2, 2022
A common problem with processing FITS images is determining the quality of FITS images you want to include in a...
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Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch Script 2.2 for PixInsight
By Erik
/ April 13, 2022
Update, December 2022: Note that GHS is now available as a fully integrated PixInsight process, providing improved speed and seamless...
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StarXTerminator AI version 8 released
By Erik
/ March 21, 2022
RC-Astro released an update to its AI model, releasing it as version 8 of the AI. Improvements to the AI...
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Andromeda Galaxy taken using MicroObservatory
By Erik
/ March 3, 2022
This is a 14-minute exposure of the Andromeda Galaxy, or Messier 31, taken using the MicroObservatory: I processed this image...
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The Sun on Feb 9, 2022 using MicroObservatory
By Erik
/ February 14, 2022
This is the sun as it appeared on February 9, 2022, as viewed using the MicroObservatory: Several active regions are...
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StarNet V2 Released
By Erik
/ January 31, 2022
Nikita Misiura, the creator of the free and popular StarNet++ module for PixInsight, has released an updated version of the...
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Reducing Noise in a Slooh.com PNG Image using Gaussian Blur
By Erik
/ January 17, 2022
Sometimes the PNG image you get from Slooh.com has a grainy appearance, like the following image: The graininess is noise...
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C/2021 A1 Leonard – Jan 5, 2022
By Erik
/ January 5, 2022
This is the beautiful comet C/2021 A1 Leonard after its closest approach to the Sun: The coma is greenish and...
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NGC 7008 – Fetus Nebula in SHO
By Erik
/ December 31, 2021
This is NGC 7008, the Fetus Nebula, captured using narrowband and presented here in the Hubble Palette (SHO): This image...
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