So you’ve got your astrophotography images on your computer. You apply your usual editing techniques… and it all ends up as a noisy mess.

Fear not! Astrophotography processing is slightly different from the usual photo editing but it isn’t too complicated. Here I’ll go through the best methods to get the most out of your astrophotography in editing. I’ll go over photo stacking to reduce noise, using software like Starry Landscape Stacker, as well as some alternatives.