Sometimes we get an image that has some stars that have somehow gotten so big that it normal star shrinking actions will not do much for them.

Masking is a mystery to some people when processing their astrophotos. It doesn’t have to be. I must admit, I am not a big fan of the masking tools in PixInsight.

Telescope Live has quite a bit of data from SPA-1, SPA-3,. and AUS-2. They are all Takahashi FSQ 106 setups that have been reduced to 380mm focal length, I imagine using the matched Takahashi .73 reducer for that scope.

Many of our members on this Telescope Live Page, including me, like to share images we’ve processed with all of our members, not just to show work we’re particularly proud of but also to show what can be done with Telesco

I read a recent post from a new member to our Telescope Live community who is also a new Silver Member to the Telescope Live website.

The James Webb Telescope (JWST) made history with the deepest, highest resolution image of the cosmos ever seen. Can you imagine something four times more powerful and ground-based here on Earth?