Common Questions

Astrophotography Enhancer helps you refine existing space and night-sky images. The workflow is focused on cleanup tasks such as reducing faint stars, removing streaks, darkening the background, keeping useful structure, and producing a downloadable enhanced result.

Yes. There is a cost for calling the AI enhancement functions. Tokens are required for this function. A easy to use FITS extraction tool is included but does not require any tokens.

The main enhancement flow is designed around common image formats such as JPG, PNG, and TIFF. The site also includes FITS support for astrophotography workflows where starting from the source data can lead to better results.

No. Think of it as a focused helper, not a full replacement for your entire editing toolkit. It is best when you want a guided cleanup or a fast alternative result without having to rebuild your entire processing workflow from scratch. Depending on your image, instead of spending hours tweaking, you will often get a great result in minutes.

Tokens help cover the compute and model costs of running enhancement jobs, especially when image sizes increase or multiple retries are needed to get a usable result. They also keep usage predictable, rather than hiding costs behind vague fair-use limits.

During the testing phase, please use the contact form to provide feedback and request more tokens. In the future, 40 tokens will cost $9 under a pay-as-you-go model, rather than a monthly subscription. Tokens can be used at any time but expire after one year.

The current site flow uses one token for a standard enhancement and two tokens for a 4K result. New accounts start with 20 tokens so you can test the workflow before deciding whether it fits your process. Often, the standard enhancement will give you a great result. The AI logic is the same, but the 4K mode returns a higher-resolution image processed with AI. For standard enhancements, the image is scaled up internally, which often creates great results.

You absolutely can, and for some people, that will be enough. This site is for people who want a more focused astrophotography workflow instead of manually prompting a general-purpose tool every time.

The free version also limits the size of the enhanced image it returns, reducing fine detail and creates a hidden (and visible) watermark.

The value here is in the packaging: upload handling, astrophotography-oriented options, crop and output controls, result tracking, token accounting, and a more repeatable path from source image to download. Free Gemini access is great for experimentation, but it does not automatically give you a dedicated image-enhancement product with astrophotography-specific defaults.

Another practical reason is reliability. Free tiers can change, rate limits can tighten, and image features can vary over time. A dedicated site can absorb some of that complexity and provide a steadier experience for end users.

No A.I. workflow can guarantee that. Astrophotography data varies a lot, and sometimes the best result is subtle. The goal is to give you another useful version of your image, not to promise perfection on every frame. The more detail that is in your original image, the better your results will be.

Often yes, but this depends heavily on the source image. Dense star fields, heavy noise, satellite trails, or compressed files can all make the job harder. That is why the workflow exposes targeted options rather than pretending that one button will always solve every image cleanly.

FITS data often preserves more useful image information than an already-exported JPG or PNG. Starting closer to the source can improve detail recovery and give you a stronger base file for later enhancement or manual finishing.

The site output is intended for your own images and workflows. Unlike the free version of Gemini AI, there are no watermarks added and the downloadable image is yours to use as you wish.

The product temporarily stores files and results as part of the delivery of the enhancement workflow and downloads. Your images are not shared with any 3rd party service.

Yes. The workflow is designed to keep a manual prompt in the loop so you can steer the result instead of relying only on fixed presets.

That is one of the reasons the site exists. Instead of learning a pile of model settings, APIs, and prompt tricks, you get a more guided interface built around the actual job you are trying to do.

During the testing phase of this website, please use the contact form to provide feedback or if you have questions.