Thanks people.
Actually the "smile" is there on the uncompressed image too, Bert
I never dreampt of doing deep sky under full moons.
I just wish they could mass produce these beautiful lenses at a price all could afford. Because it is so fast (f2.8) and so sharp, stars in the viewfinder apopear pin sharp, making good focussing possible. Mind you, I can only wonder what this lens could do if it were attached to a SBIG camera like Brad Moore's. Ive seen an older Sbig camera once and its software allows perfect focussing. Imaging doing a mapped colour widefield filtered image with this lens.
Scott