Get ready, astrophotographers! The acclaimed gradient reduction tool, GraXpert, has just gotten a major upgrade. No longer a separate application or a script, it’s now a core process integrated directly into PixInsight, making your...
Category: Image Processing
C/12P Pons Brooks on April 3, 2024
This is comet C/12P Pons-Brooks as it appeared on April 3, 2024: This is a periodic comet that makes an appearance about every 70 years. The comet was on its way behind the Sun...
Stunning 50% Illuminated Moon Captured with Hestia and Pixel 8 Pro, Sample Dataset Included
This is the moon as it appeared on April 15, 2024: In this image, the moon is at exactly 50% illumination. The colors you see are the moon’s natural colors. I captured this image...
Mineral Moon Captured using Hestia
I have always wanted to capture a color image of the moon – I find those types of images very attractive and interesting to view because the moon is usually a white or grey...
Observation of Messier 63 Using Stellina
A one hour observation of Messier 63 is available for download. This article explains the contents of the ZIP file and has a link to download the data.
Observation of Messier 51 Using Stellina
With an apparent magnitude of 8.4, Messier 51 is a popular target for amateur astronomers and can be observed with a moderate-sized telescope under dark-sky conditions. Its unique appearance and scientific significance make it...
New Sample Observation of the Sun Available for Download
I have made a new observation of the Sun available for download in the Sample Downloads section. Here is the link to download the observation: Download Observation of the Sun I took the images...
Processing Slooh LRGB Images with Astro Pixel Processor
Astro Pixel Processor is a feature-rich software package that simplifies the complex task of processing astrophotography images. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll walk through the process of turning a set of Slooh LRGB image...
The Sun on May 22, 2022
This is the sun as it appeared on May 13, 2022. The large, dark region is sunspot AR 3008: Sunspots are formed as a result of the Sun’s complex magnetic field interacting with its...
Mastering Linear and Non-linear Images in Astronomical Photo Processing
In astronomical photo processing, you often hear the words ‘stretched’ and ‘linear’ to describe the state of an image. Often a linear image is quite dark, except for the very brightest parts of the...
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