Thanks again for all your responses everyone, glad you like it, she is a beauty for sure
I do wish I lived in a clearer location with more steady nights at my disposal and I was closer to my rig and it was automated etc etc but because I have to travel to my observatory and baby sit it and turn the dome every 30min for up to 10hrs or more in winter in temps as low as -8.7C
, I find my patience sometimes wears out on objects before multiple trips and nights have been undertaken to gather optimal exposure times ...so, I often settle on
close enough is good enough 
..I still sleep well at night even if it is not perfect
In the end, meah, I live with a little colour noise or not quite bringing out the very faintest outer arms/extensions all the time, I just enjoy recording these beauties to a respectable standard, then occasionally I do hammer and go deep and hey even discover new things
(3 times now). Although I bang on about decon worms in images
...I am definitely not a perfectionist...I drink too much beer for that
Clear skies everyone
Mike
