Lovely! Thanks for the astrophysical background - it adds greatly to my understanding of the image and what's going on.
I think the bright stars are as they should be - this is a faint nebula in a very bright star field, and it should look like that.
I also very much like the high-contrast processing and the colour balance, which avoids the old-style "everything magenta" film look, and gives it a slightly narrowband feel that goes well with the dynamic astrophysics.
Best,
Mike
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