Lessons Learned in Imaging Taking and Processing.

(This section is under construction and peer review)

1. Problems related to image taking and processing.

• Why are my stars bloated? How do we reduce star bloat. Focusing and exposure times!
• Why are my stars egg shaped?
• Telescopes operating in cold climates.
• How cold should my camera be set at?
• How long should the exposure be?
• How many flat, bias and dark frames should I use?
• After applying flat, bias, darks frames I see black or white spots. What are they and how do I get rid of them?
• How can we smooth the background while improving the sharpness of the foreground?
• When sharpening and image black rings sometimes appear around the stars. What are these rings and how can we get rid of them?
• How do I improve the fullness of a spiral arm within the galaxy?
• How do you add Ha and Hb to LRGB images?
• I have an image and it has a problem. It does not look right. A display of problem pictures in which viewers can compare their problems to them. We will explain what is wrong and how to fix it. Contributor's welcome.

2. What is a quality picture?

3. Lessons learned the hard way that are not image taking or processing related.