How to encapsulate the creation of long reactive chains of observables

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Currently I have the following block of Rx/ReactiveUI code:

        this.WhenAnyValue(x => x.Listras)
            .Where(item => item != null)
            .Throttle(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(millis))
            .ObserveOn(TaskPoolScheduler.Default)
            .Select(im => GetArray.FromChannels(im, 0, 1))
            .ObserveOn(RxApp.MainThreadScheduler)
            .ToProperty(this, x => x.Grayscale, out _grayscale);

        this.WhenAnyValue(x => x.Grayscale)
            .Where(item => item != null)
            .Throttle(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(millis))
            .ObserveOn(TaskPoolScheduler.Default)
            .Select(ar => Gaussian.GaussianConvolution(ar, 1.5))
            .ObserveOn(RxApp.MainThreadScheduler)
            .ToProperty(this, x => x.BlurMenor, out _blurMenor);

        this.WhenAnyValue(x => x.BlurMenor)
            .Where(item => item != null)
            .Throttle(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(millis))
            .ObserveOn(TaskPoolScheduler.Default)
            .Select(ar => { ConversorImagem.Converter(ar, out BitmapSource im); return im; })
            .ObserveOn(RxApp.MainThreadScheduler)
            .ToProperty(this, x => x.ImagemBlurMenor, out _imagemBlurMenor);

        this.WhenAnyValue(x => x.BlurMenor)
            .Where(item => item != null)
            .Throttle(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(millis))
            .ObserveOn(TaskPoolScheduler.Default)
            .Select(ar => Gaussian.VerticalGaussianConvolution(ar, 5))
            .ObserveOn(RxApp.MainThreadScheduler)
            .ToProperty(this, x => x.BlurMaior, out _blurMaior);

        this.WhenAnyValue(x => x.BlurMaior)
            .Where(item => item != null)
            .Throttle(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(millis))
            .ObserveOn(TaskPoolScheduler.Default)
            .Select(ar => { ConversorImagem.Converter(ar, out BitmapSource im); return im; })
            .ObserveOn(RxApp.MainThreadScheduler)
            .ToProperty(this, x => x.ImagemBlurMaior, out _imagemBlurMaior);

        this.WhenAnyValue(x => x.BlurMenor, x => x.BlurMaior)
            .Where(tuple => tuple.Item1 != null && tuple.Item2 != null)
            .Throttle(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(millis))
            .ObserveOn(TaskPoolScheduler.Default)
            .Select(tuple => ArrayOperations.Diferença(tuple.Item1, tuple.Item2))
            .ObserveOn(RxApp.MainThreadScheduler)
            .ToProperty(this, x => x.Diferença, out _diferença);

        this.WhenAnyValue(x => x.Diferença)
            .Where(item => item != null)
            .Throttle(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(millis))
            .ObserveOn(TaskPoolScheduler.Default)
            .Select(ar => { ConversorImagem.Converter(ar, out BitmapSource im); return im; })
            .ObserveOn(RxApp.MainThreadScheduler)
            .ToProperty(this, x => x.ImagemDiferença, out _imagemDiferença);

As you can see, it flagrantly violates the DRY principle, but I dont know how I could parameterize away the passing of properties and delegates.

What is the usual way of automating the creation of these method chains in Rx/ReactiveUI?

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