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Old 02-01-2017, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by peter_4059 View Post
Thanks for the feedback Colin. I did notice some problems with the brighter stars with a dark central spot but was still trying to work out which step caused that.

I was using Star Masks for various steps but I find it is a bit of an art so more practice required there!
After many many hours of playing with masking, I have found the best way is to make several different star masks and blend them together in PixelMath. I'll do different scales at 2,5,8 and sometimes an 11 when there are some super bright stars without too much nebulosity.

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