NGC 5189 Commentary
This kind of commentary video offers insight into the techniques and decisions that affect the look of feel of the final processed image. NGC 5189…
Learning Module Category: Exclusives
3C273 Behind the Scenes: PSF Subtraction to Reveal the Hidden Universe
This video is an exclusive for Infinity Subscribers. It shows a PSF subtraction technique that results in a first ever color image of a very…
First Light Demo: Part 7: Black Level and Galaxy Glow
Published 2025-06-29 This is a final wrap up of the processing that was done to give the image the greatest impact. A key point…
First Light Demo: Part 6: ImageBlend and Multiply
Published 2025-06-29 This lesson highlights another path towards improving an image and again demonstrates the kinds of post processing options that are available for…
First Light Demo: Part 5: Masked Stretch vs HDRMT
Published 2025-06-29 This is perhaps the most important section of this small series. One of the most popular requests is to understand how to…
First Light Demo: Part 4: Gradient Correction (DBE)
Published 2025-06-29 Like any image- even under the darkest skies- gradient removal is always necessary. In this example Multiscale Gradient Correction is not available…
First Light Demo: Part 3: SPCC and BXT
Published 2025-06-29 The images of this field needs to be color calibrated in the standard way with SPCC. Then the magic of BXT is…
First Light Demo: Part 2: NSG
Published 2025-06-29 The previous lesson showed the setup for Selective Rejection by cutting out bad parts of a subset of images. The key to success…
First Light Demo: Part 1: WBPP and Selective Rejection
Published: 2025-06-29 In this first lesson we look at the data and figure out a means of dealing with many kinds of imperfections. This…
BXT and NXT Effects ("Mottling")
Published 2025-12-31 This lesson highlights a subtle effect of BXT and NXT that is often confused as over-processing or a mottling artifact. The actual…
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…
Making (Comet) Animations in PixInsight
Published 2025-10-05 This impromptu lesson shows how to make animations in PixInsight that are consistent from frame to frame. Batch processing of the data…
NGC 6337: The Ghostly Cheerio: Gradient Correction and BXT (Part 1)
Published 2025-070-07 This first lesson demonstrates an important (but subtle) example of resampling an image to potentially improve deconvolution. In small compact objects each…
