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# Dwarf 3
- URL: https://www.michaelverdi.com/dwarf-3/
- Published: 2025-03-26T02:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-08T20:38:53.000Z
- Description: It took 5 months to get here but I finally got my Dwarf 3 telescope and had a chance to take some images.
- Author: Michael Verdi
- Tags: Astronomy, Gear, Process, Dwarf3

It took 5 months to get here but I finally got my [Dwarf 3 telescope](https://dwarflab.com/products/dwarf-3-smart-telescope?ref=michaelverdi.com) and had a chance to take some images. Now the images right from the telescope don't look this good but you can download the .fits files and process them yourself. So I figured I try to learn how to do that. I used [this tutorial](https://youtu.be/XCotRiUIWtg?si=E%5Fc9kWO51MJX95p2&ref=michaelverdi.com) as a starting point (I skipped re-stacking the images myself) and got some nice results. These are taken from my backyard in light-polluted Dallas, TX.

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a1/71/a1713dff-1c20-4537-94e7-fbc621840054/content/images/2025/08/m-42_v2.jpg)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a1/71/a1713dff-1c20-4537-94e7-fbc621840054/content/images/2025/08/m-42%5Fv2-scaled.jpg?ref=michaelverdi.com)

M42 - The Orion Nebula

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a1/71/a1713dff-1c20-4537-94e7-fbc621840054/content/images/2025/08/horsehead_mar24.jpg)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a1/71/a1713dff-1c20-4537-94e7-fbc621840054/content/images/2025/08/horsehead%5Fmar24-scaled.jpg?ref=michaelverdi.com)

The Horsehead Nebula

I have to say, PixInsight seems extremely powerful but the UI can be confounding. I would not have figured it out without the tutorial. In the end, it turned out to be not terribly complicated. I made these notes for next time.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a1/71/a1713dff-1c20-4537-94e7-fbc621840054/content/images/2025/08/pixinsight-notes.jpg)