Processing Bundle
This bundle provides access to lessons, videos, and raw data to help you completely master your astrophotography processing skills. Included are dedicated workflows for processing nebulae, galaxies, comets, Milky Way, and more.
The Processing Bundle is the best option for mastering image processing without getting slowed down by the daunting steep learning curve.
It includes access to all step-by-step PixInsight processing guides - with more course materials in development. Active members of the Galactic Course can enjoy new content updates as they become available.
$250 One time payment OR
$95, then $7.99/month.
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200+ Lessons | Regularly updated
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11+ Hours of video with commentary
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Compatible across platforms (Windows, Mac, Mobile...)
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Full Access to the Galactic Lounge Community
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Available in English, French, German, and Spanish*
Get the BEST out of your Files
Don't underestimate how much potential your data has! Reveal all the colorful but faint hidden gasses lost in the background and see what you truly captured during the night.
Bundle Includes
All course materials below are included in the Processing Bundle.
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Beginner PixInsight Processing Workflow
Course • 43 lessons4.9 average rating (9 reviews)Our beginner PixInsight workflow is an online guide with one page per process so that you can easily follow along as you are processing your own images. Includes the full guide, 21 tutorial videos, our custom process icons and raw data!
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Nebulae PixInsight Processing Workflow
Course • 39 lessons5.0 average rating (7 reviews)Our Nebula PixInsight workflow has one page per process so that you can easily follow along as you are processing your own images. Includes the full guide, 20 tutorial videos, our custom process icons, raw data, and various case studies!
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Galaxy PixInsight Processing Workflow: (RGB+HA)
Course • 43 lessons5.0 average rating (1 review)The Galaxy PixInsight workflow has one page per process so that you can easily follow along as you are processing your own images. Includes the full guide, 21 tutorial videos, our custom process icons and raw data!
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Comet PixInsight Processing Workflow
Course • 19 lessons4.8 average rating (5 reviews)The Comet PixInsight processing workflow is specifically designed to help you process comet images easily. It includes a full guide, walkthrough tutorial videos, our custom project files and raw data!
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Professional Data Acquisition and Processing
Course • 15 lessons5.0 average rating (1 review)This course is specifically designed to teach you how to download professional data and how to process the images. It includes a full guide and walkthrough tutorial videos.
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Milky Way Processing Workflow
Course • 43 lessonsOur full Milky Way editing workflow has one page per process so that you can easily follow along as you are processing your own images. Includes the full guide, tutorial videos, our custom process icons and raw data!
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Smart Telescope PixInsight Processing Workflow
Course • 38 lessons5.0 average rating (1 review)The Smart Telescope PixInsight processing workflow is specifically designed to help you process images from the ZWO Seestar, the Vaonis Vespera, and more. It includes a full guide, walkthrough tutorial videos, our custom project files and raw data!
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Star Trails Processing Workflow
Course • 16 lessonsOur full Star Trails editing workflow has one page per process so that you can easily follow along as you are processing your own images. Includes the full guide, tutorial videos, our custom process icons and raw data!
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Processing Mastery Hub
Course • 29 lessonsThe Hub for the Processing Mastery bundle, where we keep useful information, extra lessons, a glossary of processing terms, and more.
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PixInsight Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
Digital download •Have a full list of PixInsight keyboard shortcuts and save time each time you process data! This is a printable PDF file that is easy to read both on your computer screen and on paper. Download for life and for free!
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Galactic Lounge
Community • 2027 membersJoin the Galactic Lounge, a growing community for astrophotographers to connect, share tips, ask questions, and get expert help. Access a supportive forum for Deep Space Astrophotography, share photos, and stay updated on events and announcements!
Pricing Options
Choose what works best for you:
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Processing Bundle
SUBSCRIPTION
✅ All processing guides
✅ Galactic Lounge community
✅ Download raw data and process icons
✅ Access to all future content (if your subscription stays active)
✅ Cancel anytime$95.00 first payment, $7.99 / month onwards
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Processing Bundle
LIFETIME ACCESS
✅ All processing guides
✅ Galactic Lounge community
✅ Download raw data and process icons
✅ Lifetime Access to all current and future content$250.00
One Time Payment
Beginner PixInsight Processing Guide
The Beginner Processing Guide is your perfect starting point for learning how to process astrophotography images using PixInsight. This guide is specifically designed for those using color cameras (DSLR, Mirrorless, OSC) and who do not have any experience with PixInsight. This guide will teach you all the basics of the software, and give you a workflow that is purposefully very basic and not daunting. Learn how to calibrate, stack, increase details and colors, reduce noise, and more in an easy-to-follow, beginner-friendly format.
Raw data of the Pleiades is provided along with custom PixInsight process icons.
Nebula Processing Guide
The Nebula Processing Guide combines monochrome data into a Hubble-Palette style master, which you then learn to process! Remove gradients, use color masks to reveal all the nice and colorful gasses in the starless image, and more. On top of that, several case studies are added over time showing you how to process different nebulae!
Raw data of the North America and Pelican Nebulae is provided along with custom PixInsight process icons.
Galaxy Processing Guide
The Galaxy Processing Guide teaches you how to get the most details out of your galaxy picture. This guide uses RGB+HA data, so that you can learn how to combine hydrogen alpha, visible in star-forming regions of many galaxies' arms, to the RGB file. You'll also learn how to combine multiple exposure files to create an HDR image and more.
Additional case studies are added over time, showing you workflows to process other types of galaxies!
Raw data of the Pinwheel Galaxy is provided along with custom PixInsight process icons.
Comet Processing Guide
The Comet Processing Workflow is a short and sweet guide that acts as your essential manual for processing images of any comet. This guide walks you through each step, from aligning your comet data to isolating and enhancing the tail and nucleus. Learn how to deal with challenges like background stars and noise, and discover techniques to end up with a result that showcases the beauty and dynamic nature of comets.
Raw data of the Green Comet is provided along with custom PixInsight process icons.
Professional Data Processing Guide
The NASA Data Processing Guide gives you the tools to work with real, publicly available data from NASA missions, allowing you to try your hand at processing images from space telescopes like the pros. This guide explains how to access, download, and process space mission data from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, walking you through important techniques to understand and process raw scientific data. With a little bit of practice, you also can create professional-grade images from NASA’s archives!
Milky Way Processing Guide
The Milky Way processing guide shows you how to use PixInsight to get the very best out of your wide-field data! This guide covers everything from noise reduction and contrast enhancement to color correction and detail sharpening. Learn how to make your Milky Way images pop by bringing out vibrant details, and also see how to combine your sky with a foreground using Photoshop.
Raw data of the Milky Way is provided along with custom PixInsight process icons.
Smart Telescope Processing Guide
The Smart Telescope Processing Guide helps you transfer your raw file from the telescope you own (like the ZWO Seestar, Vaonis Vespera, Unistellar eVscope, DWARF and more) to your computer in order to process it. Follow each step to get the best result from your file, and get something you are proud of, no matter how noisy or difficult it is to work with!
Star Trails Processing Guide
Learn how to combine hundreds of pictures of the night sky together into one image that shows beautiful and clean star trails. Get tips using two different programs, Photoshop and StarStax to achieve the same awesome result. On top of that, also learn how to properly blend a different foreground for your star trails sky!
106 pictures of the sky are provided to let you practice on the guide with our own personal files!
What People Say
Edward Mizzi
5 star rating“I was looking for a resource that would guide me, step by step and this workflow does just that, Thanks to Galactic Hunter for developing these resources and offering them at reasonable prices.”
“I was looking for a resource that would guide me, step by step and this workflow does just that, Thanks to Galactic Hunter for developing these resources and offering them at reasonable prices.”
→Read LessWalter Pastor
5 star rating“Well organized course with clear and practical explanations for a novice like me. Thank you. ”
“Well organized course with clear and practical explanations for a novice like me. Thank you. ”
→Read LessJeffrey Adamy
5 star rating“This was my favorite course. Easy to follow along and the process can dramatically change your image for the better. ”
“This was my favorite course. Easy to follow along and the process can dramatically change your image for the better. ”
→Read LessAerial Drone Master
5 star rating“If you are a completely beginner in PixInsight, I strongly recommend this course. You will learn from A to Z how to edit any photo in PixInsight”
“If you are a completely beginner in PixInsight, I strongly recommend this course. You will learn from A to Z how to edit any photo in PixInsight”
→Read LessJim Eckes
5 star rating“Great Job. This answered a lot of questions.”
“Great Job. This answered a lot of questions.”
→Read LessApple User
5 star rating“The course was very easy to follow and informative. You guys did a great job and I probably will sign up for part two”
“The course was very easy to follow and informative. You guys did a great job and I probably will sign up for part two”
→Read LessMarco Stra
5 star rating“Even though I have been using PixInsight for a long time, I discovered many functions and techniques that I had never used. [Translated from Italian]”
“Even though I have been using PixInsight for a long time, I discovered many functions and techniques that I had never used. [Translated from Italian]”
→Read LessKarl Morris
5 star rating“Awesome Job!! I think overall this was an excellent tutorial. I moved away from PS, the learning curve for me was jumpy and all over the place form online sources. Two weeks ago I downloaded Pixlnsight, went through an in depth short course for...”
→Read More“Awesome Job!! I think overall this was an excellent tutorial. I moved away from PS, the learning curve for me was jumpy and all over the place form online sources. Two weeks ago I downloaded Pixlnsight, went through an in depth short course for the basic foundations and understandings to get me to a start point. If you're a true beginner, maybe buy Galactic Hunter Beginner PixInsight Processing Guide, then move to the others. This was exactly what I was looking for after that foundation study. This is targeted towards narrowband, causing me hesitancy as I only have a OSC, I do use dual/tri band filters with the OSC, and if I wanted to keep the channels separate during processing this tutorial has given me great insight in how to do that. I also had no issues following the process just using OSC data. Nothing less than a 10/10 here, two slightly different workflows would be have been nice though, maybe with two different Nebula. [Now included]. The interface is seriously 10/10, great job! Ease of Use 10/10 Value 10/10 Awesome job!!”
→Read LessAerial Drone Master
5 star rating“The course is great for beginners, everything is explained in easy to understand language with plenty of examples Tom Toka ( Aerial Drone Master )”
“The course is great for beginners, everything is explained in easy to understand language with plenty of examples Tom Toka ( Aerial Drone Master )”
→Read LessJason Knight
5 star rating“Good job”
“Good job”
→Read LessAntoine Grelin
Instructor Bio:
Galactic Hunter images have been featured in NASA publications, Astronomy Magazine, BBC, and PBS Television, and have been recognized with awards from APOD, Flickr Explore, AAPOD2, and more.
Awards & Features
Our astrophotography has been featured in the following and many more:
Get the Processing Bundle!
The Galactic Course Processing Bundle provides what you need to boost your image processing skills.
Learn how to process specific celestial objects in the best image processing software with the same workflows used by your mentors and experiment to develop your style!
Learn how to process specific celestial objects in the best image processing software with the same workflows used by your mentors and experiment to develop your style!
Captions, In-video Search, and Extra Languages
To stay accessible to all astrophotography-lovers
The Galactic Course content's original language is English. All videos have subtitles that can be toggled ON or OFF, and can be shown in four different languages (English, French, German, and Spanish). You can also search any text within any video to quickly jump to what you're looking for.
* Note that translations may not be perfect, but should allow you to understand and follow along easily.
* Note that translations may not be perfect, but should allow you to understand and follow along easily.
Free PixInsight Shortcuts PDF
All the Shortcuts in One Place
Get access to a printable PDF file that lists the PixInsight Keyboard Shortcuts, all on one single sheet. This is a very useful resource to have on the side which will make your processing much faster.
50% Off the Raw Data Pack
Half Price Discount Membership to the Raw Data Pack
Get access to the Raw Data Pack for half the price, which includes dozens and dozens of Master Files for all types of targets!
Practice your processing skills on galaxies, comets, emission nebulae, reflections nebulae, supernova remnants, smart telescope files, Milky Way, Star Trails... Coupon included in the Processing Hub!
Practice your processing skills on galaxies, comets, emission nebulae, reflections nebulae, supernova remnants, smart telescope files, Milky Way, Star Trails... Coupon included in the Processing Hub!
Full Access to the Galactic Lounge ☕️
A Space where Everyone is Welcome
Join the Galactic Lounge, a growing community for astrophotographers to connect, share tips, ask questions, and get expert help. Access a supportive forum for processing tips, share photos, and stay updated on events and announcements!
FAQ
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How does support in the Galactic Course work?
We receive a lot of emails and messages on social media each day from people seeking help with astrophotography. We do our best to reply to everyone, but it is not always possible. We prioritize emails from Galactic Course members.
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Do I need a telescope (or gear) to use the course?
Not necessarily. Some seasons focus on astrophotography with a telescope, but you don't need a telescope or gear right out the gate. Rushing into making a purchase is not what we intend to teach.
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What if I only want a specific course or want a specific guide?
You can purchase specific course lessons or processing guides separately. Only pay for the course materials you want to learn from. However, it may become more costly than a bundle so be sure to weigh your options.
While there is no obligation to buy the Ultimate Bundle, the biggest benefit of investing is getting access to all course materials and processing guides, plus perks! -
What is the course? A program? A DVD? A webpage?
The courses and processing guide are all hosted on this website. You will have access to the content from anywhere in the world by simply going to your student dashboard on the website.
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I have difficulties hearing, do the videos have CC / subtitles?
Yes, all videos have closed captioning / subtitles which you can toggle ON or OFF at anytime. You can also play the video at different speeds, for example, at a slower rate of x0.5 or x0.75 if you want!
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Are the courses available in different languages?
Text content: The text content is written in English, but it is nowadays very simple to auto-translate it to the language of your choice with whatever browser you are using.
Example for Google Chrome: Click on the 3 dots near your profile, then click "Translate" and choose a language.
Videos: All videos have subtitles in four languages: English, French, German, and Spanish!
Premium Bundles
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Processing Bundle
This bundle provides access to lessons, videos, and raw data to help you completely master your astrophotography processing skills. Included are dedicated workflows for processing nebulae, galaxies, comets, Milky Way, and more.
$95.00 first payment, $7.99 / month onwards
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Ultimate Bundle
The Ultimate Bundle of the Galactic Course includes ALL processing guides, ALL imaging courses, the Raw Data Pack, Wallpapers, and much more! This is the best investment for the price and the largest of our bundles.
$299.00 / year
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Processing Bundle At A Glance
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