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Hello Ivo, thanks for your answer and, most importantly, for your software :mrgreen: The coloring is spot-on - looking at the dataset it appears you even managed the slight chromatic aberration of your lens very well too (there are techniques to deal with that if it becomes a problem). I'm happy to ...

Some days ago, while on a trip on a Bortle 4 location (SQM 21.63), I decided I wanted to image NGC 7000. I didn't plan the session before, so I just picked the car up and drove to the top of a nearby hill. The night sky view was amazing :mrgreen: TL;DR: - StarTools 1.6.400M1 on openSUSE Tumbleweed. ...

Hi and welcome to the forums (and the hobby!) Thanks a lot :D Because you did not calibrate with flats you now have to try to process out gradients and separate the galaxy from the murk. This is more difficult (and will always yield suboptimal results) than just being able to "trust" your data as i...

happy-kat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:05 pm Hi
Thinking about DSS, what version of DSS are you using please?
StarTools what version are you using?

I ask because it is easier to relate what I see if I know the versions before commenting.

I'm using DSS 4.2.3 and ST 1.6.400M1

Hello all, I recently started this new hobby, and finally yesterday I captured my first DSO :mrgreen: I chose M31, because it's a bright and easy target for a beginner. As this was my first try ever, I wanted to keep things simple, so I captured only lights (had to deal with the all polar alignment,...