Provided below are some outlines, demonstrations and cheat sheets that can be used to help provide guidance on some AstroPhotography techniques.
Planetary Imaging Software
FireCapture - Image acuisition software for Planets, Moon & Sun
PIPP - Planetary Imaging PreProcessor, a Freeware program
AutoStakkert - Planetary, Moon and Sun Lucky Imaging Software
AviStack - Planetary, Moon and Sun Lucky Imaging Software
RegiStax - Planetary, Moon and Sun Lucky Imaging Software
General Purpose Software
GIMP - Freeware Imaging manipulation program. (advanced, similar to Photoshop)
IrfanView - Freeware basic image processing
Microsoft Photos - Basic image processing, quick and easy to use
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General overview of processing flow for planets, moon and the sun | |
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2015.09.05 |
Creating Meteor Trails Photos |
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Show how to merge background star field with images containing Meteor Trails using the freeware GIMP II imaging software. |
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2017.09.04 |
Creating Solar Eclipse Timelapse Movies |
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Details on setting up, photographing and processing images to create a time-lapse movie of a eclipse. |
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SCT Collimation |
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How to collimate your SCT Telescope |
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Drizzle is a technique applied after images have been captured and was developed by NASA to reconstruct undersampled images. In the Image below, the Top Left image represents the original object, the Bottom Left is the captured image, and the Bottom Right is the captured image with Drizzle applied to it. This technique is applied to images when processing (IE in Pixinsight). Criteria:
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