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Stacking with PixInsight

Posted on March 31, 2024March 31, 2024 By Cosmic Ken
Stacking with PixInsight
Imaging, PixInsight

When I first started down the path of Astrophotography, I read and tried a lot of different ways to stack the image/frames I generated with my telescope and camera. It seemed like a lot of people were talking about having free software for every step they took. When I ran across some photos processed using … Read More “Stacking with PixInsight” »

PixInsight Blink Tool

Posted on March 30, 2024March 31, 2024 By Cosmic Ken
PixInsight Blink Tool
Imaging, PixInsight

You just spent 8 hours imaging a Deep Space Object (DSO) only find out that you have elongated stars after stacking your images. This handy little tool will allow you to view all the subs (frames) like a movie so you can identify and remove the bad frames. Allowing you to only stack the good … Read More “PixInsight Blink Tool” »

Beehive using HyperStar 4

Posted on March 25, 2024March 30, 2024 By Cosmic Ken
Beehive using HyperStar 4
Deep Space Objects, Equipment, Home Observatory, Imaging, PixInsight, SharpCap, Star Clusters

Last night I set the telescope on the Beehive Cluster around 1am. This morning I woke up at 6 am and stopped SharpCap from imaging. Around 7:30 am I used Weighted Batch Processing script in PixInsight on and started combining the 622 images taken. When I compare the image below to the first one I … Read More “Beehive using HyperStar 4” »

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