UAS Astrophotography Processing Workshop: The Whirlpool Galaxy

On November 15, I hosted an Astrophotography Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley, for the Undergraduate Astronomy Society. The students were given a chance to explore the various tools photoshop has to offer and learn techniques and tricks that I personally use when processing my astrophotography data. In my own time, I explored PixInsight for the first time to refine my image of the Whirlpool Galaxy processed during the Workshop. The final image is shown below. Below you can also view some of the incredible photos processed by the students!

If you are interested in giving astrophotography processing a shot, I have included the key steps and video tutorial at the bottom of this page. Below is where you can find the data and preset curves I used in the workshop.

Whirlpool Galaxy TIFF Image: Download

Photoshop Curves: Download

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me here!

The data used for this workshop was given to me by Adrian Deutscher-Bishop, a friend and co-officer of the “Astrophotography at Berkeley’ Club.