I forgot to mention that once you have a starless image, you can import it into Photoshop and do whatever you want with it. Best, Glenn

Thank you, Robert. The process called Starnet+, which is also integrated into PixInsight, does not automatically produce a separate image with the stars that were just removed. However, doing so is ea

Steve beat me to it. Adam has two outstanding video series: the Fundamentals series for beginner/intermediate and Horizons for more advanced users. I subscribe to both and consider my subscriptions to

Hi Mike, I am happy to share any and all of my techniques but it’s hard to give advice without knowing where you are on the learning curve. I’ll give it a shot, though. I do all of my pre-processing a

Thank you all very much for the kind words. Best, Glenn

Thank you, Eric!

Hi gang, I had a stretch of good weather recently and was able to capture the elephant trunk with narrowband filters over several nights. This is one of three images I was able to do during the first

Thank you, Dale! Best, Glenn Diekmann

I feel bad about the topic title! I almost changed it but kept it at the last minute.

I hope my fellow Californians will forgive the topic title—we've had too many fires lately. But this picture does remind me of a long streak of fire in the sky. I've always wanted to image this one. I

+1 for getting a cheap windows PC to run the mount and your imaging software. I would not want to leave my nice Mac outside anyway. I still use my Mac for remote access and image processing. It is the

cytan, I generally have poor local seeing, but I am amazed at the variation that is possible. On good nights, guiding with my Mach1 (last generation) is around 0.3-0.4 arc seconds and the resulting HF

For those who are interested in making custom cases for their equipment, mycasebuilder.com is running a special. I just received an email from them that said: Happy case designing! Glenn

Terri, I bought a couple of cases from Harbor Freight and made custom foam with mycasebuilder.com. The counterweights definitely need the sturdier foam because anything softer will collapse in short o

Hi Derek, I use a Pelican Storm iM2875 case for my Mach1. I had custom foam made by mycasebuilder.com. The case has wheels and a handle for easy transport over smooth ground. It is heavy, though, so I

Derek, I use a Pelican Storm iM2875 case for my Mach1. I had custom foam made by mycasebuilder.com. Kind regards, Glenn