to add to my LOL contribution - allow me to offer a positive afformation of the removal of stars.
It seems to me that any astronomical object has amazing depths. Depending on the FL, F ratio, FOV, length of exposure, filter usage, and astrophotographer, and many other variables, an individual object can look drastically different (consider radio vs optical). In my opinion this jsut adds to the wonder of the object and creatve license of the users. One can collect a multi faceted picture(s) of one object and only really start to appreciate its awsome depth. The removing of stars from an image is an attempt to highlight nebulosity, once again casting a different, but not necessarily an inaccurate, view of the object.
Apart from that it gives me something to do when its cloudy!
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