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Old 01-04-2011, 12:41 PM
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My quick effort, all processing done in StarTools.
Work flow looked something like this;

* Cropped stacking artifacts.
* Digital development (e.g. 'levels') and normalization.
* Low-level noise filtering (median filter with luma mask)
* Wavelet sharpening, keeping 1st octave as-is (I prefer using a different sharpening algorithm for the smallest details).
* Blended back in some detail that was lost due to clipping (because of Wavelet sharpening).
* Blended sharpened result with non-sharpened result (because I overdid it )
* Fractionally binned the result to 71% gaining some noise reduction. No discernable loss of detail as the raw image seemed slightly oversampled for the focus/atmospheric conditions.
* Rounded stars, getting rid of the egginess (new module to be released soon).
* Sharpened smallest details while keeping stars masked out.
* Tightened stars and made them less pronounced.

All-in-all 15 minutes work.

I used the non-deconvoluted image as it seems the decon just added grain and no further detail.

Looking forward to other people's interpretations!
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