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The autumn has truly arrived and unfortunately brought a lot of unsettled weather with it, I’ve had barely any opportunities to capture more images, I’m hoping as we get closer to winter the weather in the UK will improve. This does however give me ample time to review my data captured in the summer and experiment with different processing techniques,…
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The Pacman nebula, so named because it looks a bit like the 1980’s hit video game character Pac-Man, is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia, It has numerous tendrils of dark nebula, particularly distinctive in the lower half. It is located around 9,200 Ly away and has a diameter of approximately 48 Ly. The nebula also features a…
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Siril is a free open source astrophotography processing tool that supports Windows, Linux and Mac. It is a very powerful tool that has many community made scripts to enhance the functionality, the stacking process however isn’t as quite straightforward as some other tools. This tutorial will show you how to do some basic stacking with an OSC (One Shot Colour)…