Chad Leader
8 tips for getting better astro images in heavy light pollution
I've uploaded a new video to my YouTube channel explaining some of the tips and techniques I've picked up over the last few years imaging...
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Chad Leader
Mar 10, 20231 min read
Galaxy Processing Bootcamp: a basic workflow for OSC galaxy processing in Pixinsight
Galaxy season is here. If you're new to processing galaxies, or astrophotography in general, this video is for you! If you want to...
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Chad Leader
Jan 29, 20239 min read
Bench Collimating a GSO RC8
Collimating these GSO RC8's can be a real pain in the a**. But, if you know what you're looking at, you might just be able to easily do...
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Chad Leader
Jan 19, 20237 min read
Taming a GSO Ritchey-Chrétien Telescope (iOptron Photron RC8)
They look sexy - a cheap price tag for the aperture, light-weight for the focal length, cool rainbow-colored star spikes, awesome...
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Chad Leader
Mar 25, 20223 min read
Linear noise reduction using TGV Denoise (Pixinsight)
Noise reduction in astrophotography is done in many ways using many different tools and techniques. I personally have experimented with...
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Chad Leader
Mar 5, 20223 min read
Bringing out the details part 2: finding hidden structures - HDR Multiscale Transform (Pixinsight)
This post picks up where the last one left off. I'm going start with my M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy) luminance image and show you how find...
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Chad Leader
Feb 19, 20224 min read
Bringing out the details part 1: Local Histogram Equalization (Pixinsight)
The Local Histogram Equalization (LHE) process in Pixinsight is a great tool for bringing out the details in your image. It's a...
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Chad Leader
Feb 13, 20223 min read
Back focus for the Edge HD 8 at f/7 and f/10 using a Celestron OAG
For this post, I want to share my spacing settings/diagrams for the Edge HD 8. I get a lot of questions about this. The Edge 8 can be...
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Chad Leader
Feb 8, 20225 min read
A method for debloating and tightening up stars (using Pixinsight)
There are many reasons stars can become bloated: poor seeing conditions, poor guiding, overexposure, or even cheap filters. In this post,...
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Chad Leader
Jan 29, 20223 min read
HoSS palette and how to easily "re-palette" a mono image (Pixinsight)
Last year, during a long spell of cloudy nights, I decided to take a look at my recent mono data to reprocess it and see if I could...
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Chad Leader
Jan 27, 20222 min read
Eliminating noise around stars in separated star images (using Pixinsight)
Programs and plugins like Starnet++ and StarXTerminator make it possible to separate stars from the nebulous regions in astro images....
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Chad Leader
Jan 26, 20221 min read
Welcome: astrophotography blog description
Hello, and welcome to my astrophotography blog. For this first post, I just want to explain the goals and motivation for creating this....
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