Pixinsight
Below are the Training Sessions run by Colin Mcgill and the session notes (stacked and integrated). Nick also recommended this book:
Colin McGills Introduction to Pixinsight
We will post here the videos for each day of Colins 5 day introductory sessions on Pixinsight. Also if you sctoll to the bottom of the page you will find notes that cover all five sessions:
The sessions were held each day Monday to Friday from 13.30 …15.00ish from April 6 2020
You will need to already have downloaded PixInsight (there’s a free 45-day trial licence available) from Pixinsight.
Below is a link to the data that is used in the sessions
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4kglldf7syqg53p/AACELIFfFLYeJHICAkUZBhfea?dl=0
Session 1: Monday
Session 2: Tuesday
Unfortunately recording did not start until about 10 mins in. In this video Colin describes how to load and stack a full RGB stack and then how to carry out colour adjustments and calibrations.
Session 3 : Wednesday
Link to project file used in session 3
Session 4: Thursday
Dropbox link to M31 Data: for session 4
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yp551kfxjlin9nx/light-BINNING_1.xisf?dl=0
After the ssion Colin provided this Dropbox link to M51 LRGB data.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/w6vrk87bra6cel8/AAAh8mFqFHm5iNg9MkhTqtINa?dl=0
Session 5: Friday
Session Notes:
These notes summerise the entire workflow explained over the five sessions: