This article is a continuation of the article Creating an RGB Image Using DeepSkyStacker and GIMP, except instead of using GIMP this article demonstrates how to use Photopea.com, so there’s nothing extra to install...
Author: Erik
Messier 46 and NGC 2438
This is Messier 46 and NGC 2438: Messier 46 is the open cluster of colorful stars and NGC 2438 is the small, colorful nebula above the center of the image. This picturesque image contains...
Recovering Blurry or Smeared Stars
Sometimes there’s wind during your observation and your image is good, except for elongated, smeared, or blurry stars. You could try this technique in Photopea.com to try to recover your image. Here’s an example...
Observing Double/Multiple Star Systems
Most stars you see in the night sky are actually made up of multiple stars – in fact, about 85% of stars are made up of at least two star systems (binary star) and...
Processing Slooh.com PNG Images on Your Phone or iPad – The Basics
Many of us today are using mobile devices like Android phones, iPhones, and iPads to do things like login to Slooh.com and book missions. While this is very helpful, especially when you are away...
Colorized Waxing Gibbous Moon with Stars
This is the waxing gibbous moon, 8 days past new, as seen on October 14, 2021: The darker regions are called Mare, meaning ‘sea’ in Latin – these are regions formed as a result...
Widefield view of NGC 253
This is a widefield view of NGC 253 (bottom left) and NGC 288 (top right): NGC 253, the Sculptor galaxy, is usually presented alone because it is an impressive galaxy with lots of nice...
Witch Head Nebula – IC 2118
This is the Witch Head nebula: This is a faint target so I focused a lot of the processing effort on bringing out the details of the nebula. As pictured here, the nebula spans...
Widefield NGC 7000 – the North America Nebula
This is a widefield view of the North America nebula and the surrounding region. This is a narrowband image taken over several hours and presented here in the Hubble Palette (SHO). There are actually...
NGC 6188 – Fighting Dragons of Ara
This is a wide field view of NGC 6188, imaged in narrowband and presented here in the Hubble Palette (SHO): The dragons are clearly visible at the center of the image – locked in...
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