In this tutorial, Telescope Live tutor Mark Johnston will introduce you to processing solar images using data available on Telescope Live. Mark will guide you through a four-part process, helping you understand how solar images are obtained, as well as the stacking process that prepares the files for Telescope Live. With this raw data, Mark will navigate you through a series of software, providing an overview of each and explaining its crucial role in processing your final solar image.

This tutorial series is an important primer for anyone looking to delve into solar astrophotography editing, as it involves a completely different workflow from other types of image editing. It requires a specific set of free software in addition to your standard image editing software to fully utilize your solar data.