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Old 10-01-2013, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by alpal View Post
Hi Peter,
That last trick is a clever one to deal with backgrounds.

Another trick but a bit time consuming:
Let's say you have a galaxy and a noisy background.

Make 2 stacks for each of the LRGB:

(1 set ) for the background with everything set to median.

(2nd set ) with everything set to Kappa sigma clipping for the bright areas of the galaxy.

You can then combine the 2 images in layers with Photoshop.
( Put the galaxy on a hide all layer mask & paint it through. )
You'll get a smoother background & sharper details in the brighter galaxy.
Thanks Allan! I will try that out for sure!

Peter
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