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Getting started with PixInsight - Basic narrowband workflow (CCD)

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In this tutorial for beginners, astrophotographer Adam Block guides you through the workflow of creating a stunning colored wide-field astrophotography picture of Eta Carina with PixInsight.


The dataset used in this tutorial can be downloaded by clicking on the link "Associated dataset" below.

Note that the tutorial series starts from Part 3. Part 1 and 2 were removed as they were obsolete.
SPECIFICATIONS
Tutor .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Adam Block
Parts .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 videos
Duration .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 0h 56m
Image type .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Deep Sky Imaging
Difficulty level .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Beginner
Category .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Getting Started
Tier .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Standard
Software used .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... PixInsight
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PART 1
Examine the Images
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Examine the Images
PART 1
Examine the Images
12 minutes
Align and Combine the Images
PART 2
Align and Combine the Images
20 minutes
Color Calibration
PART 3
Color Calibration
17 minutes
Permanent Stretch
PART 4
Permanent Stretch
7 minutes
PART 1

Examine the Images

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This is an absolutely superb set of tutorial videos. It masterfully integrates the theory of what is going on -- which is crucial if you want to extrapolate to other software or other images -- with the details of PixInsight. It does so while remaining crystal clear. I also enjoy the calm tone (and music). I wish I had seen this video a month ago when I started down this road. As an educator, I appreciate outstanding pedagogy. This is, dare I say, a stellar example.

This is a very good tutorial. I have been using PixInsight for a while, but I learned a thing or two, and I am going to reprocess one of my images to see if I can improve it. Thank you!

I have some defect after Star aligment process such extra bright points geometric in each filter difrent location. I did test on few object same result