[Maurice]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Heaps of detail there Maurice, with that real smack you in the face view. I look forward to the colour version.

Thanks Paul. Image scale can be a good thing. The colour version will be a while though..maybe next year.

Originally Posted by Somnium

this is fantastic, great detail, it would be cool to capture some colour data on this. you have the makings of an amazing image.

Thank you Aidan. Not fond of trying to get colour from the 'burbs... it'll have to wait for a dark sky expedition.

Originally Posted by codemonkey

Holy crap, how did you manage that at ~0.4"/px? I couldn't even get stars that good at 1"/px! Nice work!

Hi Lee; I massaged some of the brighter starts back into shape a bit (not a lot), but other than that it was basically DDP with a bit of selective histogram stretching and a little noise reduction - although there is still plenty of noise there!

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's an awesome shot, Maurice, with a great image scale. Superb details.

Thanks Marc - cheers

Originally Posted by Placidus

Superb effort. The detail in the galactic nucleus is especially well done.

Many thanks Mike & Trish

Originally Posted by Rex

Really nice detail Maurice. Can't wait to see the full colour version.

It'll take a while Rex, but thanks....