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I haven't been able to figure out how to apply a mask just to stars with an image that contains one or more galaxy cores. Every time I have used the star mask routine it will mask out the galaxy core also. I have tried to unmask just these cores in different ways to no avail. I have looked through t...

Ivo,

I just wanted to post a follow up. I did end up going with Nebulosity. It has worked wonders for my early entrance into pre-processing DSLR images. So now I am getting even more out of StarTools!

Again,Thanks, for your suggestions!

CS, and Happy New Year, Tom

Ivo, Thanks for your suggestions! I briefly "attempted" to download Wine..., then downloaded the demo of Nebulosity. Spent some time using the demo version, and as you suggested, it looks good. As much as money is tight right now, and I only really need it for stacking at this point, and I didn't wa...

Howdy--Just joined the group. I started trying to use StarTools with some single shots jpg's and png's, and although I was amazed at what I've got out of some limited data of M-33 & M-31 so far, I realize I need to do some stacking and adding at least some dark frames in order to get the quality for...