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FWIW, here are my updated module-by-module notes for StarTools. It is a work in progress and an exercise on my part to try to understand better the incredible functionality of StarTools. I also want a written form that I can go back and reference for a particular need when processing. I don't get th...

Hi Ivo,

Very good and thanks for that explanation and all of your hard work.

Jeff

Hi Ivo, I love StarTools. However, fewer and fewer forum participants and the stalled development process indicate a decline in interest and users, which is a shame. To turn around that really unfortunate situation, would it help to open up StarTools to allow others to develop and code modules to be...

Hi Martin, I assume before your first Wipe , you Crop edges ( same cropped image size for both Ha and Oiii ) for stacking artefacts etc… and Bin ( same Bin for Ha and Oiii ) to maximise your SNR ? Yes. StarTools is very good in that it remembers the exact Crop settings from one image to the next as ...

Hi Martin, I use APP for stacking and it has an algorithm for splitting out Ha and OIII from OSC duo band captures. You can process those mono Ha and OIII mono files like mono captured Ha and OIII files in StarTools. As I mentioned above, I first load and Wipe each mono Ha and OIII file separately. ...

Hi Martin, Do you Wipe your OSC Ha and OIII channels separately before loading them in Compose? I find that doing that separately, along with applying the same needed Bin and Crop, improves the availability of the OIII signal for post-Wipe processing in StarTools. When you get to Color the popup thi...

Hi Martin,

Nice images. Did you use any particular module settings to bring out the OIII in your HOO image?

Jeff

Hi Mike, Thanks for the comments. These notes were started back with version 1.8 so some things need to be updated like the buttons you mention. Any other needed corrections you see would be much appreciated. They have ballooned a lot more than I anticipated. I kept adding things that might come in ...

Hi Charles,
Thanks for the comment. Yes, I have that manual and have tried to incorporate some of its comprehensive and very good recommendations. I also tried to incorporate some of Guy's very good discussions of the modules as well as other knowledgeable forum posts.

Jeff

FWIW, the link below is for my user notes on StarTools' modules. Generally, if I don't write it down I don't remember it; especially since nights available to me for capturing data for processing are far and few between. This is a compilation of information from other knowledgeable sources and littl...