In the last part of this series, you learned the basics of processing the PNG image of the Orion Nebula for astrophotography. You brought out the details in the nebula and brighter areas. That...
Type: Image
Assembling a Mosaic Using PixInsight
A mosaic is a single large image made up of a number of smaller images. Astrophotographers use mosaics to create high-resolution images of regions that are larger than their telescope’s field of view. While...
Horsehead Nebula and Region
This is the Horsehead Nebula, or Barnard 33, and the surrounding region: The image is dominated by the glow of the star Alnitak, or Zeta Orions on the left side of the image, and...
Fade Stars Using Photopea
Sometimes the stars in your image make up the majority of your image and toning them down could result in a much better image because your subject would become more apparent. Here’s an example...
Asteroid 1998 OR2
This is asteroid 1998 OR2 during its closest approach to Earth, taken April 28, 2020: Asteroid 1998 OR2 was about 3.9 million miles (6.3 million kilometers) away from us, or about 16 times further...
Carina Nebula
This colorful image is the Carina Nebula, or NGC 3372, or the Eta Carina Nebula. This nebula is home to a number of interesting stars and star systems. Trumpler 14 is an open star...
Barnard 92
This is Barnard 92, the dark region in the center of the image. Rather than an absence of light, the dark region is actually a dark nebula that’s blocking out the light coming from...
NGC 2818
NGC 2818 is a planetary nebula in the Pyxis constellation. The nebula is made up of glowing gasses from the central star’s outer layers that were ejected when it ran out of fuel to...
NGC 3532
NGC 3532 is an open cluster of stars in the Carina constellation and it is about 1,300 light years from us. This cluster is made up of many different stars that include white dwarfs,...
Slooh Solar Cam
Slooh.com offers its members eight telescopes to use to image the sky. Among the telescopes is the Slooh.com Solar telescope located in the Canary Islands. This image was taken on February 6, 2019 using...
