How to reduce BIG halos on stars

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How to reduce BIG halos on stars

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Hello,
Any idea how to reduce big halos on stars... For example the image attached (it's just a crop) Thanks
Patrick
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Re: How to reduce BIG halos on stars

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This is going to be tricky, as the issue seems to be more an acquisition/atmospheric one than a feature of your optical train.
Was transparency exceptionally bad when you took this? Do the halos show up in all subframes, or did your optics dew over at some stage?
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Hello Ivo,

Some datas seems better so the problem is from atmospheric issue..., the lagoon is low in our country so that's the reason I guess. So I'll keep only the better images . Thanks
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paddy36 wrote:Hello Ivo,

Some datas seems better so the problem is from atmospheric issue..., the lagoon is low in our country so that's the reason I guess. So I'll keep only the better images . Thanks
Ok, good to know we have found the problem. You could just stack the frames that are better? Does that still give you enough signal to process?
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Re: How to reduce BIG halos on stars

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Hi Ivo,
Not yet since I want to get more datas this night , so will see that later. Thanks again... Patrick
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