Basic Processing, Acquired with DWARF2 - PixInsight & Photoshop

#astro #astronomy #astrophotography
To make the image: 735 ten second frames at gain 100 were stacked (~2h total). Also, 20 darks frames were used.

This video is for beginners using the Dwarf to image deep sky objects and also how to do some simple processing using PixInsight and Photoshop to produce an image. The same techniques can be applied to any type of deep sky imaged with any type of telescope system.

Dwarf Labs graciously gave me a subscription to their affiliate program.
Classic:
https://dwarflab.com/products/dwarf-2...

Deluxe: https://dwarflab.com/products/dwarf-2...


Helpful Links:
Siril - Free
https://free-astro.org/index.php/Siril

GIMP - Free
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Photopea - Free Online
https://www.photopea.com/

Photoshop - Monthly Subscription (prices vary)
https://www.adobe.com/products/photos...

PixInsight - One Time Payment
https://pixinsight.com/

Astronomy Tools Action Set for Photoshop
https://www.prodigitalsoftware.com/As...

Russell Croman - NoiseXTerminator, StarXterminator, BlurXTerminator
https://www.rc-astro.com/

EZ Processing Suite for PixInsight by Cuiv, The Lazy Geek
   • Automated Astrophotography Processing...  


Dwarf Labs graciously gave me a subscription to their affiliate program.
Classic:
https://dwarflab.com/products/dwarf-2...

Deluxe: https://dwarflab.com/products/dwarf-2...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:20 PixInsight
1:41 Blink
3:30 Weighted Batch Preprocessing (WBPP)
7:14 Screen Transfer Function
8:19 Linear Processing
10:30 Automatic Background Extraction
12:18 BlurXTerminator (BXT)
13:31 EZ Soft Stretch
14:23 NoiseXTerminator (NoiseX)
15:46 SNCR
17:26 StarXTerminator (StarX) - Starless Processing
18:31 Photoshop
19:10 Add Background Layer
19:23 Color Range
20:09 Color Balance
21:18 Camera Raw Filter
23:10 Back to PixInsight
24:13 PixelMath - Bring Back Stars
25:18 Back to Photoshop
27:20 Noise Reduction in Photoshop
32:45 Conclusion
33:03 Final Image

Music:
Song: Dance of the Mammoths
Artist:
Licenses: Youtube Audio Library