Weird artifacts after stacking in Siril

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Antoni Zegarski avatar
Antoni Zegarski avatar
After manual pre-processing and stacking in Sirill this weird artifact pops up when showing image in autostretch.
I've tested and it is present either if i use the only flats or only darks or none or both so it's not its problem. Have you got any ideas how to get rid of it?
Marinos Rrapaj avatar
Marinos Rrapaj avatar
What stacking algorithm are you using and any pixel rejection? I found that Winsorized Sigma Clipping was giving me weird artifacts as well and once I switched to Generalized Extreme Studentized Deviate Test the artifacts went away!

Good luck!
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Antoni Zegarski avatar
Antoni Zegarski avatar
Oh… okay. I’ve used WSC so i’ll try the other one.
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