I always process the stars separately. Generally DSS sucks out the colour so you do have to put it back in somehow. I process in photoshop, select colour range. Select highlights, expand by about 4 and feather by about 2. Wind up the saturation sliders. Also take note of star colour. You may need to balance it. While you have the stars selected, play with some other options like a median or minimum filter. Remember to deselect to work on the rest of the image.
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