C/2025 R2 (SWAN) with Swan and Eagle Nebulae Data Download
Published 2025-10-25 These are the RGB (calibrated and) star aligned data for comet SWAN with M16 and M17. You can follow along with the video…
Published 2025-10-25 These are the RGB (calibrated and) star aligned data for comet SWAN with M16 and M17. You can follow along with the video…
Published 2025-10-23 In this second part of comet processing the exclusive method of removing the smeared nebulae and milkway from the starless comet masters…
Published 2025-10-22 This two part series demonstrates a straightforward treatment of comet processing. This particular session features the complexity of dealing with nebulosity in…
Published 2025-09-25 This lesson begins the journey to do standard comet processing of Comet SWAN (C/2025 R2) as it appeared on September 21st 2025.…
Published 2025-09-25 In this lesson the technical side of comet image process is demonstrated. Both normalization and image integration play vital roles in determining…
Published 2025-09-25 One of the most underappreciated aspects of comet image processing is the use of comet subtraction to improve star fields. This is…
Published 2025-09-25 In this lesson we construct the RGB images that will eventually be blended together in the final image (last lesson).
Published 2025-09-25 This final lesson assembles the starless comet image with the cometless starfield. Both images have a background and you get to choose…
Published 2025-08-06 If you like to follow along with the following lesson please download this image. Also download the WorkFlow PDF for this lesson…
Published 2025-08-06 This lesson shows yet another powerful (and exclusive) way to process star clusters in combination with the ImageBlend Script.
Use the link below to download member Matt Simmons’ master light frames and follow along with the instruction. Big thanks to Matt for permitting ABS…
Published 2025-08-02 This lesson shows how to add RGB stars. However, the member threw a curveball for me. I demonstrate a way to fix…
Published 2025-08-02 This lesson includes exclusive content on a method to protect features of an object during star removal without having to manually paint…
Published 2025-08-02 The data used in this lesson comes from a member. (No complaining that I always use “perfect” data… 🙂 ). The desire…
Published 2025-06-10 This lesson follows the previous concerning enhancing (globular) star clusters. However, this variation avoids some of the pitfalls of applying masked stretch…