Astrophotography tutorials to help you capture and process stunning images of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters using a camera and telescope.
If you follow my astrophotography tutorials, you will have captured light frames, dark frames, flat frames andoffset/bias framesduring each of your imaging sessions. These support files (calibration frames) will go a long way towards improving your final image. I recommend capturing new calibration...
Use the gradient tool. Shortcut G and default colors create a soft transition between the sky and the foreground. 4. REMOVING DISTRACTING ELEMENTS I like to go through the image and see if there are unnecessary spots, and in this case, I removed one rock and some long exposure noise dots...
For photographers that are just learning astrophotography, I’ve very often recommended using the500 Rule (calculator)to calculate shutter time. My tutorialshereandhererecommend determining shutter speed based on this “500 Rule” concept. More of a guideline than a rule, the 500 Rule tells us a...
I recently created a large mosaic, using the Panoramic tool in AF2. I waited until all was stitched before trying to further process. You can see my effort link below... @James Ritson Can you suggest any beter ways to tackle this? Generally 21 segments were created to create it, the...
There are two variants of the Tone Curve in Adobe Lightroom. You can access the point curve version that I prefer by clicking the icon in the bottom right of the tool (highlighted in red above). The first thing I usually adjust on the Tone Curve is to bring up the far left black po...
There are numerous online tutorials, but the best place to start is by putting an extreme S curve on your master file, opening up the top third and darkening the bottom third. You’ll be amazed at what is lurking in the final file. ...
The benefit of the 500 rule is that it’s easy to remember, and it’ll get you in the right ballpark for your Milky Way shutter speed. That’s likely why it’s become such a popular tool among photographers who are first learning astrophotography. ...
As a follow on to my “Using Deconvolution in Pixinsight” series, I have written a new post exploring the use of the EZ-Decon Script. This powerful tool offers an alternative way to apply deconvolution to your images - a way that is easy and convenient compared to the traditional method...
https://bbs.astronom...ging-camera.comalso has a lot of info along with ZWO Tutorials https://astronomy-im...a.com/tutorials https://astronomy-im...mera.com/asiair Being Old School I just like to Plug In and Go. Edited by NoDarkSkies, 02 January 2021 - 12:37 PM. ...