WiltsStarGazer Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Hi, does anyone know what these faint red blue and green 'L' shaped lines in the attached image are? And more importantly how to get rid of them. They are a uniform shape and size and all across the frame. I don't seem to get these lines on single images, at least I can't see them. I have tried stacking through both Deep Sky Stacker and Sequator, and even used a different laptop but with the same result. The pictures were taken on a Canon EOS 450D through a Skywatcher 200P mounted on a EQ5 Pro. The mirrors seem ok and I don't have any issues when visually observing. Any help and advise gratefully received. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carastro Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I have a feeling they are walking noise, i.e. hot pixels which when stacked looks as though they have moved because the image itself moved. Carole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlaiv Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Those are hot pixels and are removed by using sigma rejection stacking technique. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almcl Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 If you are using Deep Sky Stacker you may need rather more lights (25+) for the Sigma Clip stacking algorithm to work. If you are guiding (not sure from your equipment list) dithering may also help, although again you need quite a few lights otherwise you get a cloud of coloured dots rather than a line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiltsStarGazer Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Thank you for your replies, it did seen to be 'hot pixels'. I adjusted the settings on DSS and they disappeared. I used those settings to stack the Orion Nebula I took last week. Thank you again for your help. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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