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Linear Image Quality Enhancements

Step 6: Separating Stars and DSO Objects

 

updated: 2025-09-28


Input: Color calibrated image from Step 5

Output 1: Starless Image (identifier: Cloud, postfix: *_Cloud)

Output 2: Star Image (identifier: Stars, postfix: *_Stars)

Processing steps

  1. Start with the color calibrated image from step 5
  2. Separate the nebula and the stars to create a starless image. You can do this using either:.
    1. RC-Astro StarXTerminator (Process > Mask Generation > StarXTerminator)
    2. StarNet2 (Process > StarNet2) with these options:



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