[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Placidus

A serious challenge in natural colour. The star field shows how sharp and tight the shot is.

Thanks Mike. However, in view of various comments below, I think a more careful reprocess is in order. Watch this space.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I suspect you need to re-visit this one on a night of better seeing.

Really impressive colour processing

Thanks Peter. Some nice tight luminance on a good night would certainly help.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

That came out ok Geoff there is some nice detail in 5189 itself and I like the colours. Am I right in thinking that the seeing may have bloated your stars a tad more than you would have liked and you have worked to reduce them, as they don't look like your normal stars.

A pleasing view none the less, nice work

Mike

Thanks Mike--the eagle-eyed Sidonio hits the jackpot again. I'll have another go at it.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Going for the tough ones eh Geoff? The planetary looks good but the stars are a bit rough. Doing the stars again on a good night wouldn't take long.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. Perhaps a shorter exposure to stop the star saturation and also knock down their interference a bit.

Originally Posted by Placidus

I think we're forgetting that this is a very tight crop on a tiny object done without the benefit of narrowband filters. There aren't too many straight RGB versions of it out there.

Thanks Mike.