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Offline ajbarr

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PinPoint Stars
« on: 2012 March 17 12:47:46 »
I am pretty new at this. Could someone please share with me the best technique to obtain pinpoint stars? My stars are looking a bit flat.

Thanks

Albert

Offline troypiggo

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Re: PinPoint Stars
« Reply #1 on: 2012 March 17 14:07:29 »
Might help if you post examples?  "bit flat" and "pinpoint" are bit subjective.

Offline ajbarr

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Re: PinPoint Stars
« Reply #2 on: 2012 March 17 14:12:43 »
I just posted an image of M45 in the gallery. I tried deconvolve but I am having trouble removing the dark rings.

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Re: PinPoint Stars
« Reply #3 on: 2012 March 17 14:45:39 »
Hi,

Read my article about dynamic range compression. I talk about this topic in the "High-contrast, small-scale structures" section.


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Vicent.
« Last Edit: 2012 March 18 23:08:05 by vicent_peris »

Offline ajbarr

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Re: PinPoint Stars
« Reply #4 on: 2012 March 18 17:19:23 »
Thanks Vicent. I will read it for sure.