130mm F5 frac, zwo 2600mm, chroma lrgb filters. Processed in pixinsight, shot from b5/6 over several nights (maybe about 30+hrs time).
In spite of the immense time consumed it still needed heavy denoising! A very dark shark indeed.
#Dark Shark in Cepheus 2025-04
grave steeple
leaden osprey
Nice shot! Welcome to mininerd!
random egret
130mm F5 frac, zwo 2600mm, chroma lrgb filters. Processed in pixinsight, shot fr...
Incredible work 
brisk sage
Fantastic image, the brighter stars look a little interesting but I kinda like it, they way they have a sort of halo to them. It reminds me of Hubble's images, most notably their Pleiades captures.
alpine lantern
@grave steeple yayy you made it
grave steeple
<@215106707339214848> yayy you made it
Hello :P
grave steeple
Fantastic image, the brighter stars look a little interesting but I kinda like i...
I'm not familiar with halo reduction yet so this is basically just how those stars appear naturally. I suppose they're modestly bright stars against a very very dark subject
Perhaps with a larger aperture scope like a newt or RC they'd appear less bloated?
brisk sage
Potentially! Larger aperture does generally grant sharper images, but honestly from what I've seen bloated stars are more caused by optical quality and/or processing. If light travels unevenly through a scope then the focus won't be good, and even if it is good, a poor processing job can still mess things up.
Your image is processed nicely, though.