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My shot of this week’s Strawberry Moon + mineral moon version.

This week’s Strawberry Moon. Composite of a 40 frame stack for moon surface and 1 frame for the background glow.

Fujifilm Finepix HS20EXR
[ISO 200 | 1/640s | f5.6] x 40L + [ISO 200 | 1/5s | f5.6] (background)
720 mm Telephoto (Untracked)

Aligned in PIPP, Stacked in Autostakkert, Sharpened in Astrosurface & merged and tweaked in Photoshop.

Colours for the mineral moon were brought out on the unsharpened version and recombined in Photoshop. Same data.

Taken on June 30, 2026 in Bortle 2,
North Island, New Zealand.

Let me know which version you prefer!

u/Lightbulb_Gold — 1 day ago

▲ 80 r/Astronomy

My shot of this week’s Strawberry Moon + mineral moon version.

This week’s Strawberry Moon. Composite of a 40 frame stack for moon surface and 1 frame for the background glow.

Fujifilm Finepix HS20EXR
[ISO 200 | 1/640s | f5.6] x 40L + [ISO 200 | 1/5s | f5.6] (background)
720 mm Telephoto (Untracked)

Aligned in PIPP, Stacked in Autostakkert, Sharpened in Astrosurface & merged and tweaked in Photoshop.

Colours for the mineral moon were brought out on the unsharpened version and recombined in Photoshop. Same data.

Taken on June 30, 2026 in Bortle 2,
North Island, New Zealand.

Let me know which version you prefer!

u/Lightbulb_Gold — 1 day ago

▲ 3 r/AskAstrophotography

Why is Astrosharp not integrated into Pixinsight or Siril?

So I’m currently exploring all the tools for processing and quickly noticed that most standalone tools (like Graxpert, Starnet etc) have been integrated into PI or Siril, but Astrosharp has been around for a while now and still doesn’t have an integration into any software. Is there any particular reason for this?

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u/Lightbulb_Gold — 14 days ago

▲ 3 r/AskAstrophotography

Do you do background extraction on nightscapes?

So I’m in the process of editing a wide-angle nightscape. I have basically no light pollution only natural atmospheric glow around the horizon, would background extraction even be necessary?

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u/Lightbulb_Gold — 29 days ago

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The New Zealand Milky Way shot on an iPhone.

With the Milky Way season underway, I’m trying to reach the limit on mobile hardware, here’s my latest attempt! (Taken on the same night as my last post) This is a 45 frame stack. Taken in my backyard under Bortle 2 skies. Any tips and suggestions appreciated!

iPhone 17 Pro (Native Camera app ProRAW)

24 MM 1x main sensor at 48 MP (untracked tripod)

45 light frames at ISO 5000 | 10.0’s | f1.78 (no calibration frames)

Data culled in DSS, Stacked in Sequator.

Processed in Siril plus these plugins:
Graxpert
SyQon
Cosmic Clarity
Seti Astro Suite
Veralux Suite

Final tweaks and color correction in Photoshop.

Shot on 15 May 2026.

North Island, New Zealand.

u/Lightbulb_Gold — 1 month ago

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How do you plate solve your wide-field Milky Way images?

So I’m struggling with plate solving my Milky Way images, I don’t have a dedicated astrophotography camera so I don’t have the right ascension or declination. I’ve tried setting the Lagoon Nebula for my direction and my focal length and pixel size, no luck. So I was wondering how do you plate solve your Milky Way images?

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u/Lightbulb_Gold — 1 month ago

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The rising Galactic Core shot on an iPhone

With the Milky Way season underway, I’m trying to reach the limit on mobile hardware, here’s my latest attempt! This is a 45 frame stack with the Lagoon Nebula also visible. Taken in my backyard under Bortle 2 skies.

iPhone 17 Pro (Native Camera app ProRAW)

24MM 1x main sensor at 48 MP (untracked tripod)

45 light frames at ISO 5000 | 10.0’s | f1.78 (no calibration frames)

Stacked in Sequator.

Processed in Siril plus these plugins:
Starnet++
Cosmic Clarity
Seti Astro Suite
Veralux

Final tweaks and color correction in GIMP & Photoshop.

Shot on 15 May 2026.

North Island, New Zealand.

u/Lightbulb_Gold — 1 month ago

▲ 2 r/AskAstrophotography

Technique on how to stretch without blowing out galaxy core?

So I’m fairly new to astrophotography, and so far the biggest issue I have is overexposed galaxy cores after stretching. I stretch in Siril with curves and levels and once stretched the cores are clipped, they were completely fine before stretching. What software or technique should I use to avoid this?

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u/Lightbulb_Gold — 1 month ago

▲ 4.4k r/Astro_mobile+7 crossposts

This is a 10’s single exposure image of the Milky Way Core. No AI used.

iPhone 17 Pro

Native Camera App (ProRaw Mode)

24mm 1x sensor 48MP (Untracked Tripod)

ISO 3200 | 10.0’s | f1.78

Processed in RawTherapee (Raw decoding), Siril (Stretching & Pre-processing), GIMP (color calibration & tweaks.)

Taken on 24th April 2026 under Bortle 2 skies.

u/Lightbulb_Gold — 1 day ago