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Kajiimagi

Kajiimagi

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Messier 91 (63 Million Light Years)

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Messier 94 16 Million Light Years

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Kajiimagi

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Messier 64 & Messier 85. I'm really digging this ZWO Seestar S50!
 

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Kajiimagi

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Technically this is a repost. I've been working on my post processing using Siril, GrapXpert, and Windows's own photo tools. This is M101 with 922 images stacked over 4-5 nights.

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Kajiimagi

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Messier 109 - 67 Million Light years away.
Processed with Siril , GrapXpert, and added Starnet++ this time. Being able to remove the stars to work on the 'subject' is a HUGE help. Crazy thing is all of the software I listed above is 100% free.

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Kajiimagi

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NGC 4565 38.5 million light years from earth just below it , I also caught NGC 4562

and M16 - The Eagle Nebula 5700-7000 light years from Earth
 

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Moogalak

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Welp, got a few dead pixels in my seestar. At least they are only 5 hundo and I can probably clone out the busted pixels in post.
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Gamma Rays

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I'm using PaintShop pro, so it's a paid for program, but I figure these steps would transfer over to other software as these tools I'm using are the basic level ones.

The goal I can see is to mostly remove the background grain from the image first and then bring up the colors and detail.

So before and after:

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2 steps:

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I would still fine adjust the settings for each image to find the right "Goldilocks zone"
 
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Kajiimagi

Kajiimagi

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NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula - Approx. 5,000 light years away from earth.

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Kajiimagi

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NGC-7023 The Iris Nebula relatively close at 1,300 light years away
Slightly overexposed to bring out the blue using Siril, Starnet++, and GraXpert

#Seestars50

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Kajiimagi

Kajiimagi

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NGC-4656 Hockey Stick or Crowbar Galaxy. 30 million light-years from earth.

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Kajiimagi

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NGC-4631 The Whale Galaxy
Approx. 30 million light years away from earth.

Processed with Siril, Starnet++, and GraXpert.

#SeestarS50

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Kajiimagi

Kajiimagi

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IC-1318 The Butterfly Nebula Approx. 1800-2000 light years from earth.

Processed using Siril,Starnet++, and GraXpert

Using a Seestar S
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