Make RGB stars look good with Ha! Gimp processing astrophotography tutorial.

Last month, I captured the Eagle Nebula. In this video, I process those data using free software (Siril, Gimp and my sharpening tool), showing how I did it. My discord has the data if you'd like to follow along, or try to process it better than I did:   / discord  

Link to Siril: https://siril.org/
Link to Sirilic: https://gitlab.com/free-astro/sirilic...
Link to Gimp: https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Link to AstroSharp/AstroClean: https://github.com/deepskydetail/Astr...
Link to Starnet:: https://www.starnetastro.com/download/

@DeepSpaceAstro has a great video on how to make Starnet work in Siril, as well as doing some troubleshooting if it doesn't work:    • Troubleshooting StarNet & Why it's Not Coo...  


For those interested, here is the gear I use (or equivalent; Orion has discontinued some of their products, so the equivalent skywatcher products are listed). Most of the links are Amazon Affiliate links. Thanks!
Skywatcher HEQ5 Mount https://amzn.to/3NVrVQi
Skywatcher 80mm F7.5 Doublet https://amzn.to/47mbfZi
ZWO EFW mini filter wheel https://amzn.to/48OxhoN
Optolong LRGB Filter Set (1.25") https://amzn.to/47r23Tw
Orion 0.8x Reducer https://amzn.to/47s64a4
USB RJ45 Cable for Controlling Mount https://amzn.to/4aPlIzu
Raspberry Pi to control mount https://amzn.to/48mTBWH
R Pi case with touch screen https://amzn.to/3HvdNKl
ZWO Autofocuser https://amzn.to/3Skg0hX



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Remember, the tool is still in beta for the web version. Only 600kb , BW, no alpha channel images can be uploaded. nqFI29h8W0Fp9UkKOJry