Bortle 6-7 skies Nikon D7000 camera Orion Apex 102mm telescope, 1300mm focal length Orion AstroView EQ3 with single-axis drive 30s x 35 frames f/12.7 mix of ISO 1600 (23 frames) and 800 (12 frames)
Processing:
Siril:
Background extraction Photometric color calibration Asinh transformation
RawTherapee:
Highlight compression (to keep most stars from maxxing out) Chroma and luminance denoising Black point, brightness, and saturation adjustments to taste
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