@StuTodd Sorry I may have misunderstood your OP - honestly I did not understand it at all, just thought I sensed some hostility. Seems like gregbradley gets your meaning. Thanks greg for the translation for thick skulls like mine.
If you want all thumbs up and praises, stick your astrophotos on facebook.
This is an amateurs' site but a fair few of the amateurs here are in fact self taught world class experts, and they won't beat around the bush.