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[23 mm • f/1.6 • ISO 2500 • 15 s] × 100 Light frames + 250 Dark frames (25 min total integration time)

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Stacked in Sequator.

Processed in Siril: green noise removal, background extraction, colour calibration, saturation adjustment, and starless stretching using StarNet++ to create separate star and Milky Way masks.

Denoised in GraXpert.

Finalized in Photoshop: final curve adjustments, saturation, colour calibration, and channel mixing.

Untracked, shot using only a smartphone mounted on a static tripod under Bortle 5 skies.

Shot on a Xiaomi 14T Pro using the main Light Fusion 900 sensor.

Explore this region of the sky: Legacy Survey Viewer

[ 23 mm • F/1.6 • ISO 2500 • 15s ] x 100 L + 100 D (25 min total integration time)

Stacked in Sequator.

Processed in Siril: green noise removal, background extraction, colour calibration and saturation, starless stretching using StarNet++ for separate star and Milky Way masks.

Finalized in Photoshop: final curves corrections, saturation, color calibration, and channel mixing.

Untracked, shot using only a smartphone mounted on a static tripod in a Bortle 5 location.

Shot on Xiaomi 14T Pro using the main Light Fusion 900 sensor.

[ 23 mm • F/1.6 • ISO 800 • 20s ] x 20 L + 50 D (400s total integration time)

Stacked in Sequator. Post-processed in Siril, finalized in Photoshop.

Untracked, shot using only a smartphone mounted on a static tripod in a Bortle 5 location.

Shot on Xiaomi 14T Pro using the main Light Fusion 900 sensor.

This is my first attempt at capturing the Milky Way core.