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That said, great care must be taken, particularly in widefields like these that you don't end up with an image that mostly consists of "hallucinated"/inpainted data. Over the past year or so, I've seen people pass off StarNet++ images with stars layered back in as "photos" that look plausible at fi...

Hey Ivo, thanks for taking the time going through my files. You certainly got better results than I did. I know that the Samyang gets recommended a lot for astro, but in my opinion focusing the lens and dealing with all its "imperfections" in post-processing makes it unattractive. I have processed (...

Here is the file stacked with DSS, using the suggested settings: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R0iCmT4cFXiq1Mr9xdweoM6-GVV37uCU/view?usp=sharing And here is the StarTools result: https://imgur.com/a/cYnfmss The poor results are certainly due to the fact that I am still new to processing with Star...

Hi, Would you be able to upload a single light frame for me as well? I have some concerns about the stacks I've been seeing from APP lately, particularly with regards to color distortions, channel misalignments, normalization and pre-color balancing. Is there any way to turn the white balancing and...

Hi all. I am a fairly new StarTools user and could use some help. The following is the calibrated/stacked result of about 1 hour worth of data, captured with a ASI533MC and a Samyang 135mm at f/2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrqKqfaM9m5E8MygTUuK28jidFxkJvlf/view?usp=sharing And this is the best...