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Originally Posted by glend
For those of us that have gone through the Astro learning and investment curve, i suspect many are as in love with the process as much as the outcome. It is a ritual that we find satisfying. And we spend a lot of time talking here about process.
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I'm 3 years into this hobby now (but have been keeping an eye on it for about 12 years), and I hated that learning curve. I still do.
So much of this hobby is rooted in antiquated process and technology.
So I've been jumping at the change to try the New Things (tm) that come out. Whether that's in software (NoiseX, Starnett, StarX, BlurX, StarTools), hardware (ASI AIR, AM5), scopes (more petzvals please!) it's all good. Because the hobby has been slow to change, but these past few years when younger people have entered the market, we've seen a massive explosion in new ways of capturing images.
I guess it also depends on where you're coming from... I'm not a data scientist. I don't actually care if my image suddenly has 5 pixels extra of hydrogen filament created by software. The people I share these images with outside of the astro community don't care either. I'll leave the pixel peeping for NASA and astronomers and scientists who need that sort of accuracy.
But if you're the sort of person who wants data integrity as the first port of call, that's great. Sadly these AI tools are probably not for you. Thankfully the old processes are still there if you want them.