DeepSky Academy: Image Imbalances: Introduction Part 1
This lesson introduces the general idea of imbalances in image features or attributes. The lessons that follow dive into additional examples. An imbalance isn’t necessarily…
Learning Module Category: DeepSky Academy
01 DeepSky Academy: NGC 4696: WorkFlow Chart Summary
This is the summary for the workflow for processing NGC 4696. The PDF for this chart is a download available below.
05 DeepSky Academy: NGC 4696: Stars-only Processing NXT Color Filter Effect
This lesson concludes the processing of NGC 4696 with some final adjustments.
04 DeepSky Academy: NGC 4696: Clean Spikes HDRMT Saturation
This lesson continues with the post processing of NGC 4696. Due to the extreme stretch of the galaxy the diffraction spikes of a handful of…
03 DeepSky Academy: NGC 4696: MultiScale Adaptive Stretch and iHDR
This DeepSky Academy lesson focuses on the stretching of NGC 4696 using a combination of Multiscale Adaptive Stretch and iHDR (script).
02 DeepSky Academy: NGC 4696: Intro RGB and BXT
In this lesson we dive into the DeepSky Academy analysis of NGC 4696 and begin post processing. Find the masterlight RGB files below or in…
DeepSky Academy: Philosophy: Dusty Truths
[This lesson is a preview of an in-progress course that is being built… as fast as I can. Previews of a course’s material in advance…
DeepSky Academy: Star Stretches Part 2
This is Part 2 of star stretching for stars-only blending. Here oversampled data is examined and the different stretching processes are compared.
DeepSky Academy: Star Stretches Part 1
This is the first of a two part lesson that covers the specifics of stretching stars for stars-only blended results. After an introduction this lesson…
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…
Comet Processing C/2025 R2 (SWAN) with Swan and Eagle Nebulae (Part 2)
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…
Comet Processing C/2025 R2 (SWAN) with Swan and Eagle Nebulae (Part 1)
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…
Deep Sky Academy: C/2025 R2 (comet SWAN) Part 1
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.…
Deep Sky Academy: C/2025 R2 (comet SWAN) Part 2
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…
Deep Sky Academy: C/2025 R2 (comet SWAN) Part 3
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…
