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BB-ASTRO

Pixinsight Processing Tools

Advanced processing scripts for astrophotography. Built to preserve signal, remove artifacts, and respect the physics of your data.

Compatibility update

Ready for PixInsight 1.9.4 and Linux

BB-Astro scripts now use the V8 JavaScript runtime required by PixInsight 1.9.4. The update repository installs the current V8 release on Apple Silicon, Intel Mac and Linux, while keeping a compatible historical release available for PixInsight 1.8.0 through 1.9.3.

PixInsight 1.9.4+ Apple Silicon Linux x64 Legacy releases retained
Install the scripts
Oriented Hubble Destriping

StripeField

Model and subtract weak detector row-bias fields after drizzle has reprojected them to arbitrary angles. StripeField protects sources, never rotates the science image, and opens the exact signed field for quality control.

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Version 0.2.6

Validated Hubble correction

  • Noise-corrected search at arbitrary angles
  • Source masking and Wiener shrinkage
  • No rotation or resampling of the science image
  • Signed removed-field window for inspection
PixInsight 1.9.4+ macOS Linux
Linear Pattern Correction

LinearPatternCorrection

Detect defective rows or columns, inspect the selected-line model live, and subtract the pattern without saving and reloading a defect table. Version 1.1 protects bright galaxy structures from false partial-line corrections.

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Version 1.1.0

One continuous workflow

  • Live selected-defect mask and line model
  • Complete and partial row or column detection
  • Bright extended-structure protection
  • Pure PJSR, no Python dependency
PixInsight 1.9.4+ macOS Linux
Cosmic Ray Rejection

LACosmic

The gold standard for cosmic ray rejection. Implements van Dokkum’s algorithm with astroscrappy. Laplacian detection, PSF-aware star protection, and iterative cleanup for HST/JWST-class data.

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Cleaned Raw
Raw Cleaned
Deep Learning Removal

DeepCR

Next-generation cosmic ray removal using deep learning. Trained on 15,000+ HST images for superior detection on 32-bit float images and space telescope data.

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Cleaned Raw
Raw Cleaned
AI Denoising

Deep Image Prior

Apple Silicon adaptation of Deep Image Prior tuned for astrophotography denoising. Preserve structure without reference frames using neural priors.

View on GitHub
Deep Image Prior Example
Getting Started

Where to find the scripts

Once installed, you can access the modules directly from the PixInsight menu bar under Script > BB-Astro.

PixInsight Script Menu Location