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I am currently converting all images to the default resolution of the ST8 (1530 x 1020 pixels). If an image does not have an option of 1024 pixels, it should be 1280 pixel resolution

 

Messier Objects

 

 

 

NGC Objects

 

 

Other Objects

 

 

Click here for the page that lists all these objects by Type

 

Processing notes for all images:

CCDStack is my ccd image processing program of choice (I now use MaxIm DL only for controlling/guiding the ST8/telescope)

The general CCDStack processing steps for all images are:

Calibration, bloom removal, alignment, normalization, STD Sigma reject, sum or median combine, DLP processing, 25 to 50 iterations of  Positive Constraint deconvolve and save as a 16 bit scaled TIFF

 

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 is my final processing program

Typical Photoshop steps are:

Curves, GradientXTerminator if needed,  clean up (stars, blooms, defects, etc.), cropping when needed, selective enhancement with levels, curves, unsharp mask, or brightness/contrast, and save as JPEG for web

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