RC-Astro released an update to its AI model, releasing it as version 8 of the AI. Improvements to the AI model are for stellar and non-stellar sources paying attention to galaxy disk details. The...
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Sun on March 8, 2022 using the MicroObservatory
This is the sun as it appeared on March 8, 2022 using the MicroObservatory telescopes: The active region near the center is AR 2960 and the ones to the right and below the center...
Andromeda Galaxy taken using MicroObservatory
This is a 14-minute exposure of the Andromeda Galaxy, or Messier 31, taken using the MicroObservatory: I processed this image using MaxIM DL and only the clear filter was available so this is a...
The Sun on Feb 9, 2022 using MicroObservatory
This is the sun as it appeared on February 9, 2022, as viewed using the MicroObservatory: Several active regions are visible in this image: AR 2941 in the upper part, above center AR 2940...
StarNet V2 Released
Nikita Misiura, the creator of the free and popular StarNet++ module for PixInsight, has released an updated version of the software, dubbed StarNet V2. This new version features improved capabilities for removing stars from...
Reducing Noise in a Slooh.com PNG Image using Gaussian Blur
Sometimes the PNG image you get from Slooh.com has a grainy appearance, like the following image: The graininess is noise and can be caused by a number of different things, including the processing preset...
James Webb Space Telescope Animation
This is the James Webb Space Telescope with its sun shield fully deployed: The animation is made up of five observations taken using the Canary Three telescope on January 6, 2022, between 02:00 and...
Sun: AR 2924 doubles in size in a few hours
This part of the sun featuring sunspot AR 2924 just above the center of the image as it appeared on January 5, 2022: This is the same region 24 hours later: AR 2924 reportedly...
C/2021 A1 Leonard – Jan 5, 2022
This is the beautiful comet C/2021 A1 Leonard after its closest approach to the Sun: The coma is greenish and the tail is reddish. The tail became very long as it approached the Sun...
NGC 7008 – Fetus Nebula in SHO
This is NGC 7008, the Fetus Nebula, captured using narrowband and presented here in the Hubble Palette (SHO): This image is a result of 120 minutes of total exposure time across all narrowband filters...