Remove halos around stars

[wanna6pack]

Im new to photo processing, so if their is a solution, if you could keep it simple for me that would be great.

I have severe halos around the bright star in the attached astro photo. I assume it may have been caused due to the filter I was using with my ccd camera.

Is their a way to remove it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[NotMyFault]

Any chance you can provide a RAW file ? The jpeg does not offer enough details for such delicate work.

[NotMyFault]

Possible ways:

1. frequency separation, using medium blur
2. deactivate highpass layer
3. create circle patches, to cover halo. Sample color from surrounding area.
4. adjust blend mode if required 
5. add pixel layer. Use inpainting to blend in edges. Use current & below

[wanna6pack]

THANK YOU  VERY MUCH FOR THE FEEDBACK. 

 I HAVE ATTACHED A FIT FILE I HOPE THAT WILL HELP.

ILL TRY TO UNDERSTAND AND FOLLOW YOUR SUGGESTIONS AT LEAST I WILL LEARN MORE FROM TRYING TO FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTIONS

Light_IC434_180.0s_Bin1_533MC_gain101_20221129-222031_-10.0C_0001.fit

[Stepaan]

Filters -> Haze Removal: Distance, Strength: max, Exposure Correction: min. I believe it's a good starting point for the other techniques above. Multiple filter runs don't help.

[Stepaan]

The problem is, apart from the haze, there are some rays too, which are not considered as a haze 😕

[Lisbon]

A used a selective colour adjustment and a low flow brush (3%) to mask the adjustment.

[wanna6pack]

Thank you that brilliant, I have learnded a lot and i really appreciate your trouble you have done a great job!

[Stepaan]

21 hours ago, Lisbon said:

A used a selective colour adjustment and a low flow brush (3%) to mask the adjustment.

Wow! This is awesome!