Workshop Resources

This is the landing page for the Deep-Sky Image Processing Workshop that the Astrophotography Special Interest Group (AP-SIG) ran on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at the Mt. Cuba Observatory. Below you will find the links and books that were recommended in the paper handout.

Useful Links

• The Official PixInsight Forum
• The (unofficial) PixInsight Resources web site
• Harry’s Astroshed (good, free instructional videos for beginners and up)
• DrakeVisual   (PixInsight Topic-by-Topic Links)
• Why you should choose “Pure RAW” in Format Explorer with DSLRs
• Article on workflow for DSLRs
• Here is a link with details on using the SubframeSelector Script
• Light Vortex Astronomy (excellent introductory and tutorial material on PixInsight)

Recommended Books

• The Astrophotography Manual by Chris Woodhouse
• The New CCD Astronomy by Ron Wodaski
• Inside PixInsight by Warren Keller