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First of all I have to say that I am a newcomer to this fantastic program. With all the possible mistakes I like to share with you my learning process and listen to the advice of the veterans about my work These are the original and final photos of a globular cluster, the NGC 6535 in Serpens taken w...

Great work!
Thanks for sharing

A lot of work with Mask option..

I tried to separate different colors of the nebula and foreground stars and subtil H-II background

Its very improbavle. Do you have some work-flow for bright nebulae?

Thanks again

My camera setup is the ATIK Infinity for this picture:

Sensor size= 9x6,5
Pixel size= 6,45
Resolution=1,5 Mp

Sensor has a low noise, I Think..

Good advise on star-mask, thanks

Thank you very much for commenting I do not understand the function of Bin very well, the photos of my camera are in relatively low resolution of 1,5 Mp. I understand that the Bin reduces this resolution but when I try it to Bin 50% I do not see any difference in the image. I adjust the color by mak...

M 29 CEA CYGNUS 10X15 45o M100 HP 38 S4-2 TSOPTICS+INFINITY+IRUV.jpg The brighter members form a "stubby dipper", and give the cluster a boxy appearance. Eight 9th- to 10th-magnitude stars form the main group, and a few more stars of similar brightness lie isolated to the east. Two pairs of 9th- to...

NGC 6866 is a 7th magnitude Open Cluster appearing in the constellation Cygnus. It is 3878 light years from our solar system. Im starting with Startools, please be patient... :) NGC 6866 CEA CYGNUS Expo=10X15" Altit= 45º Moon=100% Histog.Peak=38% Seeeing=4-2 TSOPTICS AP 72/432+INFINITY+IRUV