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by gaetano
Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:43 pm
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: The way to M31
Replies: 13
Views: 9847

Re: The way to M31

Hello! Thank you for taking time to process my acquisitions, it is definitely helpful for me to understand the many possibilities offered by StarTools. Your answer popped up while I was actually spending some time on the very same image :D Looking forward to see your log and compliments for the fina...
by gaetano
Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:04 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: The way to M31
Replies: 13
Views: 9847

Re: The way to M31

Thank you so much, this helps a whole lot!

By the way, I see you worked this image with version 1.5, is this available for MacOS? If yes, I would be very happy to try it :thumbsup:

Thank you
Gaetano
by gaetano
Mon Aug 12, 2019 12:04 pm
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: The way to M31
Replies: 13
Views: 9847

The way to M31

Dear all, the suggestions received on processing IC1805 were precious to me so I dare proposing another subject that is structurally different, in order to understand the subsequent differences in approaching it. It is the hyper-well-known M31 coming from a noisy stack of few frames, I hope somebody...
by gaetano
Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:23 pm
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: The way to IC1805
Replies: 6
Views: 4633

Re: The way to IC1805

This is the result I was able to obtain by following most of your suggestions, it looks much better that my first attempts.
One question: I see two Life calls interlaced with a Contrast, why this choice?

Thank you!
by gaetano
Sat Aug 10, 2019 3:32 pm
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: The way to IC1805
Replies: 6
Views: 4633

Re: The way to IC1805

Thank you so much!!
I will try it for sure very soon, it is a very useful example for me, and I'll post the result :)
by gaetano
Sat Aug 10, 2019 1:58 pm
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: The way to IC1805
Replies: 6
Views: 4633

Re: The way to IC1805

Oh my! This is simply wonderful! I know about vignetting, I usually crop the edges as the FOV is very wide in such optical configuration. About pollution, yes, there was some, definitely and about flat fields, I didn't take them, I admit. May I ask you how you did this? It would be useful for me to ...
by gaetano
Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:18 am
Forum: Image Processing Troubleshooting
Topic: The way to IC1805
Replies: 6
Views: 4633

The way to IC1805

Hello StarTools guys, please apologise but I need some help in understanding how to proceed with this image https://www.dropbox.com/sh/we7q49ib4t82v30/AAB_QBr1-vYAY92aTi8_zUX0a?dl=0 This is a stack of 40 frames, each 2 min, shot by a Nikon D750 unmodified, coupled with a TS65q Apo. There is not much...
by gaetano
Sun Jul 14, 2019 10:37 am
Forum: Software Troubleshooting
Topic: OSX startup issue
Replies: 8
Views: 7374

Re: OSX startup issue

Thank you for your kind answer!
What about adding to the todo list also the support for some keyboard shortcuts?

Have a nice day
by gaetano
Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:58 am
Forum: Software Troubleshooting
Topic: OSX startup issue
Replies: 8
Views: 7374

Re: OSX startup issue

Hello, this is my very first post and would like to say hi to the forum. I am a Mac user and I definitely had to spend some time before figuring out how to launch the application. On a Mojave machine I just needed to unpack the "distro" folder in /Applications and double click on StarTools but on my...