In this video, we process astrophotography data of a galaxy while it's in a linear (unstretched) state using PixInsight (data for any galaxy will do). The majority of steps here work for both OSC data or mono data (excluding the ChannelCombination portion). Part 2 can be found here: https://youtu.be/ufPSD52WOHc
#astrophotography #galaxy #pixinsight #telescope #deepsky #deepspace #spacephotography #beginner
Notable Mentions & Thank Yous!!:
-Music Created & Produced by: Jason Mathews - YouTube: @JasonMaths
-M81 & M82 Galaxy Image by Justin aka Just a Dude With a Camera on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/justadudewitha_camera_/?next=%2F
-Adam Block's YouTube Video on DynamicBackgroundExtraction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvzBW9u5TcY&t=607s
-PixInsight Software Distribution Center (login needed) to Download Gaia/DR3 Data for SPCC: https://pixinsight.com/dist/browser.php
-Adam Block YouTube Videos on SpectrophotometricColorCalibration (SPCC) - YouTube: @AdamBlock
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUnH7ng0HyY&t=341s
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8tf-_gULTQ&t=1836s
-Jon Rista's Effective Noise Reduction Part 2: https://jonrista.com/the-astrophotographers-guide/pixinsights/effective-noise-reduction-part-2/
-RC Astro's BlurXTerminator: https://www.rc-astro.com/resources/BlurXTerminator/index.php
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