Seestar S30 Pro: From RAW Data to THIS Final Image (Full Workflow)

This video shows the complete post-processing workflow using official Seestar S30 Pro astrophotography challenge data, taking the images from raw stacked data to the final result.
I process two datasets provided for the challenge:

Andromeda Galaxy (M31) — ~90 minutes total integration
Milky Way core — stacked wide-field data

The focus of this video is data quality and processing, not a hardware review.
At the time of recording, I do not yet own the Seestar S30 Pro — this is a pure data-driven processing tutorial.

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🌌 What you’ll see in this video

Raw stacked Seestar S30 Pro challenge data

Full PixInsight processing workflow

Accurate color calibration using SPCC

Gradient removal, noise reduction, sharpening

Starless and star recombination workflow

Final color and contrast refinement in Photoshop

Before / After comparisons for both targets

🧪 Main Processing Tools Used

PixInsight (Astrometry, SPCC, stretching, star separation)

GraXpert (gradient removal)

BlurXTerminator & NoiseXTerminator

StarXTerminator

Photoshop (final color and contrast refinement)

All processing steps are done carefully to preserve color accuracy and avoid over-processing.

📌 About the Seestar S30 Pro Challenge

These images were processed from official data released for the Seestar S30 Pro Post-Processing Challenge.
This video demonstrates what can be achieved purely through post-processing, using the same data available to everyone.

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