06 Feb 2026
Processed using APP, PixInsight with WBPP, SPCC, BXT, NXT, SXT, ImageBlend, GHS, and Affinity Photo 2.
I used WBPP to process exposure-time groups and then APP to combine them. Rather than RAS, I applied Adam Block's technique of using ImageBlend to combine an unstretched copy with a MaskStretched copy in order to directly control the superimposition of the brightest stars onto the star mass.
M55
7 credit
Filtro | Exp. media (s) | Esposizione totale | Sottoframe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 265 | 1h55m | 26 |
| Red | 369 | 2h40m | 26 |
| Green | 276 | 1h55m | 25 |
| Blue | 288 | 2h | 25 |