Welcome back to the 2nd episode in the Pixinsight series of The Astrocast! This week, Roo takes you through the processing portion of using Pixinsight! If you haven't listened to last weeks episode (episode 15) - I would highly recommend you check that out first!

After finishing up last week with a stacked, linear image, we dive in to everything that remains. We will go through stretching the image, using icons to save time, installing plugins and managing repositories, Starnet 2, Graxpert, gradient removal, noise removal, star reduction, and everything in between! Grab a snack and a drink Astrofam, cause this is a BIG one!

Links for this week episode:

M42 and Horsehead Data (Icons are also here! I also put my completed image in this folder, if you want to check it out, using the same data provided here. It won't win any awards, but it'll show you what PI can do!)

Free Trial License request from PixInsight

GraXpert Download/Installer (you must install this the repository entry will work)


Sites to add to your repository list in PI (I recommend you add these all at once, just copy and paste the actual website, the whole https:// and everything after, the parts you need to copy are in bold):

EZ Processing Suite - https://elveteek.ch/pixinsight-updates/ez-processing-suite/
Graxpert - https://www.ideviceapps.de/PixInsight/Utilities/
Star Reduction - https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/starreduction/

Add these to your repositories if you get a purchase or get a free trial of any of the RC Astro Plugins:

BlurXterminator: https://www.rc-astro.com/BlurXTerminator/PixInsight/
NoiseXterminator: https://www.rc-astro.com/NoiseXTerminator/PixInsight/
StarXterminator: https://www.rc-astro.com/StarXTerminator/PixInsight/

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