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Eagle Nebula (SHO), George Chappel
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Eagle Nebula (SHO)

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Eagle Nebula (SHO), George Chappel
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Eagle Nebula (SHO)

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After several years of collecting data, I finally got serious about learning how to use Pixinsight last summer.  Prior to that, my sporadic use of Pixinsight (couple times a year) just wasn't enough for me to retain the skills necessary to process data.  It felt like I had to relearn how to use Pixinsight every time I sat down to use it.  With a sizeable backlog of data clogging up my computer last summer, I forced myself to work multiple images, back-to-back, all the way to completion in the hopes that I'd finally burn how to use Pixinsight into my brain.  I started with Eagle Nebula (SHO) and quickly got frustrated with getting the colors where I wanted them.  To prevent myself from getting stuck, I switched over to working Eastern Veil Nebula until I got that one all the way to completion.  I then returned to Eagle to finish it up and then moved on to Crescent Nebula (HOO).   After working those three images in about a 6-week period, it finally felt like I was retaining how to use Pixinsight.

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Eagle Nebula (SHO), George Chappel