[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Superb work, Andy. Far smoother and more detailed than your previous post of this object.

When Trish and I first saw your image, we thought, "Oh, we would love to photograph that ... never seen it before", and then we realized that we've imaged it once a year for years, but our field of view doesn't quite capture the hard edges of the butterfly wings, and without those it looks completely different: snoopy the dog on a rocket ship with a blue ion drive. In your view, it is clearly a beautiful butterfly.

We really like your processing (although you've held the green back too much. Hydrogen alpha is photons too!) And personally I like the circular view.

Best,
Mike