Shot on a modified Cannon T3i through a Celestron Omni AZ 102 achromat with an Astronomik L3 Uv/IR cut filter.
180 light frames at approx. 1 minute exposures. tracked using the Sky Watcher al55i pro. iso 800. Total exposure time around 3hrs
Stacking, photometric colour calibration, histogram stretch and star removal via siril.
Used photoshop for the rest, content aware fill to patch up star removal. Went back and forth between curves and levels modifications until I was happy with the contrast. De-noised, sharpened and added a luminance layer before adding stars back into image from original stretched+stacked photo.
Hope yall enjoy galaxy season, I am very happy with my results so far. Let me know if you have any questions/tips!
by EMcPlntBrnr