Processing – Astrophotonic

Nikon D5300 – Lossy NEF Compression (AKA Nikon Concentric ring problem)

So, one of the huge benefits to shooting RAW on a DSLR is the increase in image quality over JPEG – you are recording exactly what the sensor sees, as compared to a “visually lossless” image such as a JPEG. Of course, JPEG was mostly designed around regular images of the world around us andContinue reading “Nikon D5300 – Lossy NEF Compression (AKA Nikon Concentric ring problem)”

Stacking data from multiple nights

This is a question that I see all the time on forums, so I thought it would be useful to share some thoughts. I am not an expert on this, so some of this information will be based on (lots) of reading of people who know far more than I do. I will update itContinue reading “Stacking data from multiple nights”