M45 - Pleiades as a beginner (Taha Demir)

M45 - Pleiades as a beginner

Link to TIFF/FITS: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WviKqylR8xqTQQIS5p9VAeyTPEXUWQZh?usp=share_link

M45 - Pleiades as a beginner

Link to TIFF/FITS: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WviKqylR8xqTQQIS5p9VAeyTPEXUWQZh?usp=share_link

I am searching for a cheap star tracker for months. Fortunately I found myself a Sky-watcher Star Adventurer! I have tested it with M45 for only 30 minutes (30x60"), I wasn't satisfied with my image, so I set myself a goal I want to shoot M45 for total of 6h Integration Time. I only could get 1h39m yesterday

(I planned for 2 Hours), I will try to add 3h 21m of data to reach my goal of 6h.

Acquisition Details
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm 4-5.6 Di LD Macro
Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer (Non-Wi-Fi version)
Camera: Canon EOS 50D (Unmodified)

Acquisition:
33 x 180" (Total: 1h39m)
16 Darks
30 Flats
30 Biases
180mm @ f/4.5
ISO 800

Processing:
DBE
SCC
Dynamic Crop
Fast Rotaion
NoiseXTerminator (I used several times afterwards)
Curves Transformation
SCNR to reduce Green
Dynamic Crop ( I wanted to crop more)
BlurXTerminator (absolute beast, really changed my image a lot)
StarReductionMethod3_V2
StarXTerminator to seperate stars with nebulae
Curves Transformation to boost the nebulae without affecting the stars
PixelMath to combine stars with starless
I was happy with the TIF, but not with the PNG. I played with Curves and Histogram Transformation to improve the PNG

Note: I will add a Google Drive link if someone wants to give it a try, please let me know if you do! I am a beginner, so I am open for you to criticize me (In a okay manner). Feedback would be very helpful and apricated
Google Drive link to the TIF file: [url=_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU]https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WviKqylR8xqTQQIS5p9VAeyTPEXUWQZh?usp=share_link[/url]
I tried to process it again but I didn't like how it looked like. But here is a imgur link showing it.
Imgur link: [url=_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU]https://imgur.com/a/vWPm9wi[/url]

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