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Mastering Comet Photography

Comets come, and comets go. Some return in a few years. Some might only be available to shoot once in a lifetime. Others show themselves one time only, lost thereafter to hyperbolic orbits or melting away like Icarus as they…

The Mathematics of BlurXTerminator

BlurXTerminator takes a different approach to deconvolution. Not only does it use a machine learning algorithm, but it was also developed using an updated mathematical formulation of deconvolution itself. Implicit in the classical formulation of deconvolution is the goal of…

BlurXTerminator 2.0/AI4 Release

BlurXTerminator version 2.0 and AI version 4 are now available for download. This is a major update with expanded optical aberration correction and improved accuracy. The changes are described in detail below. The update can be obtained by the usual…

StarXTerminator 2.2.0 for PixInsight: Proper Mask Handling

StarXTerminator 2.2.0 has been released for PixInsight. This update corrects the way that StarXTerminator handles masks. StarXTerminator has always correctly handled masks with respect to the target image: masked (black) areas are protected from star removal. This is useful in…

NoiseXTerminator 1.2.0 Released for PixInsight

NoiseXTerminator version 1.2.0 has been released for PixInsight. This update contains the following changes You should be prompted to update to this version automatically by PixInsight. If this doesn’t happen, review the PixInsight installation instructions and make sure you’re set…

BlurXTerminator 1.2.0 Released

BlurXTerminator version 1.2.0 has been released. This is a minor update with the following changes: You should be prompted to update to this version automatically by PixInsight. If this doesn’t happen, review the PixInsight installation instructions and make sure you’re…

StarXTerminator 2.1.3 Released for PixInsight

StarXTerminator version 2.1.3 has been released for PixInsight. This is a moderate update with the following changes: You should be prompted to update to this version automatically by PixInsight. If this doesn’t happen, review the PixInsight installation instructions and make…

NoiseXTerminator 1.1.4 Released for PixInsight

NoiseXTerminator version 1.1.4 has been released for PixInsight. This is a minor update with the following changes: You should be prompted to update to this version automatically by PixInsight. If this doesn’t happen, review the PixInsight installation instructions and make…

BlurXTerminator AI3-beta2 Released

BlurXTerminator AI3-beta2 has been released. This is a beta test release of the neural network definition for BlurXTerminator that expands the range of optical aberrations to include additional coma and astigmatism profiles. Please note that this is a beta release…

BlurXTerminator 1.1.18 Released

BlurXTerminator version 1.1.18 has been released. This is a minor update with the following changes: You should be prompted to update to this version automatically by PixInsight. If this doesn’t happen, review the PixInsight installation instructions and make sure you’re…