There seems to be some confusion, especially around beginners as to what the STF is and isn't doing in PixInsight (hint, it is doing nothing to your image!). Let's figure out why after NoiseXterminator your STF goes all crazy, what that means and why you should stop worrying what the STF is showing you.

If you want to check out my beta version of my new Statistical Stretch script you can find it at the bottom of my PJSR scripts page: https://www.setiastro.com/pjsr-scripts

Please leave any questions or comments!!