Thanks for taking a look, Terri! Does the artifact you get always go in the same direction as mine: looks like from the right side? I don't usually ...

I reprocessed this image a bit and rotated it to appear like it would in the night sky. Still trying to figure out what the small nebulosity is that...

Thanks for taking a look, Terri! I pulled out my old X-Rite Eye-One Pro I used to use for TV/projector calibration but couldn't get it to work with W...

Well, I made another attempt at this (STILL with an uncalibrated monitor, though!). I actually stacked and did initial processing in Astro Pixel Proc...

Oh my gosh, the feedback is like gold to me, Terri! Please keep it coming (as long as you have the time to provide it). Eh, judging by some of the g...

@terri Thanks for the suggestions, Terri! I've tried Starnet++ (v2) on this stuff but it does leave quite a bit of artifact behind and requires some ...

@terri The forum has been working fine, Terri! But I'll let someone know if something doesn't seem right. I usually like to try to get a little mor...

@maura-kelley Thanks, Maura! It was great meeting you as well. And thanks for the kind words about the image! 😀

@terri Chalk it up to my total lack of image processing skills, but I just couldn't bring out much more in the Bode's Galaxy image. Maybe the shot is...

Thanks so much, Paul (and Terri). Correct, the AT60ED is an f/6 doublet refractor and I'm currently using a field flattener, but not a reducer, with ...

@terri Great, thanks so much, Terri. I appreciate the advice and insight! There are so many things to consider, and unknowns to factor in, it's mind...