Firstly, thanks for your kind words as i said before, coming out from you really means alot to me. (secret admirer lol) . Going through my unprocessed images, i see a faint haze through them all if i image east. i think i finally realised what the culprid is.
see attached pic facing east. not only i face powerlines from the east, they are also directly above my scope and the north.
that i can't help no matter how many flats i have taken and used in my images, cranking my monitor to 100 contrast/brightest, i still see the gradient. My aim is not trying to be the best around here, but to bring the best out of me from what i can do.
moving my setup to a dark sight will surely help me alot from late night cricket/footy oval lights (3 mins walk), direct street light (corner house) and shopping centre lights (15 mins walk away)that said, i have never imaged anywhere other than my house
However, I will be moving 2 suburbs away from where i am now within the next few months so hopefully there won't be any powerline there, that could be the first test