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M31 — Andromeda Galaxy, Ryan Génier
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M31 — Andromeda Galaxy

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M31 — Andromeda Galaxy, Ryan Génier
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M31 — Andromeda Galaxy

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Description

First light for the new RASA 8. Very happy with the detail that was brough out, considering it was done using a UV/IR filter under 3/4 moon.

Processing steps:
- Blink / Subframe Selector / WBPP / Image Integration / Drizzle Integration (2x)

Linear:
- DBE
- PCC
- EZ Decon
- EZ Stretch

Non Linear:
- Remove stars w/ StarXterminator
- Sharpen starless (Combination unsharp / MLT / original)
- Saturation / brightness adjustments (curves w/ masks) on starless
- RangeMask to specifically highlight the core to bring down the brightness
- Saturation boost (stars)
- Morphological Transform (stars)
- Combine starless / stars
- Final brightness tweaks
- Resample
- LIght ACDNR
- Annotate

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M31 — Andromeda Galaxy, Ryan Génier