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    PROCESSING

    Jan 21, 2021 3 minutes

    Using Levels to enhance your astro image

    Increase image detail by stretching the data with the Levels tool in image editing software

    Processing in astrophotography allows details to emerge and takes several stages. It involves editing an image file that can look dark and flat at first, like our starting image (right), which at first glance appears to contain little or no data. Basically, we are trying to make the image data work as effectively as possible by ‘stretching’ it. Data stretching is typically

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