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Eliminate Satellite Trails with the Cosmic Clarity Tool

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In this tutorial, Co-Founder of Telescope Live, Alexander Curry will introduce the Cosmic Clarity tool for removing satellite trails from astrophotography images. This AI-based standalone software is specifically designed for astrophotographers and works seamlessly with any processing workflow. Key steps include:

When and How to Use Cosmic Clarity:
- Learn how to apply the tool on raw data as a new “step one” before image stacking to ensure clean results.

Setting Up the Tool:
- Configure input and output folders, and disable the “clip satellite trail to zero” option to ensure smooth blending with the background.

Batch Processing and Live Monitoring:
- Run the tool in batch processing mode to batch process multiple an entire dataset folder.
- Explore the live monitoring feature for real-time satellite trail removal during image acquisition.

This tutorial demonstrates how Cosmic Clarity effectively eliminates satellite trails, making a significant improvement to low-integration datasets and enhancing image quality.
SPECIFICATIONS
Tutor .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Alexander Curry
Parts .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 video
Duration .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 0h 13m
Difficulty level .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Beginner
Category .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Techniques
Tier .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Premium
Software used .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Telescope Live platform
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Eliminate Satellite Trails
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PART 1

Eliminate Satellite Trails

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Hi Alexander - an addition. I communicated with Frank from SetoAstro and he told me ( I sent him 12 plane trail files) that to uncheck the 0.000 is incorrect - it needs to remain checked if the raw files are stacked after the corrections are made. Like that the artefacts shall be ignored during stacking and do not show up in the final stack. I shall try this as he suggested to me.
Rgds Georg

Hi Alexander, I have tried this skript on the various trails (unprocessed linear files) which can be found in the recently published NGC660-CHI1CMOS raw files. The skript does not eliminate the satellite trails, only the weakest ones are reduced to a more or less acceptable amount. Brighter trails remain visible quite well and as expected, plane trails remain more or less unchanged. So from my experience, this skript is not much of a help and I shall continue to remove the weaker trails manually as I to it now - try it with those trails yourself and you shall find out what I said! Rgds Georg

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