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Losmandy GM8 Optimization
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Basic Workflow Calibrations with CCD Stack

Hot/Cold pixel removal, bloom removal with CCD Stack

Align with CCD Stack and CCD Inspector plug in.

Normalize and combine (mean or median) with CCD Stack

Deconvolve with CCD Stack (10 to 20 iterations typically)

Export as 16-bit TIFF Raw

Post processing with CS4 following Ron Wodaski's Zone System approach

When using the XTi, I use Images Plus throughout.