[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys for the comments.

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Awesome composition Paul.

Also thank you (and Mike) for sharing your approach to colouring stars; I will certainly try it since RGB data collected with my doublet is substandard.

Thanks Suavi, a synthetic approach will no doubt help you if you have trouble with RGB. I'll have to do more experimenting to get a consistent result.

Originally Posted by astronobob

Very keool scene & naturally presented Paul, heaps of detail and the brighter central areas are powerful with the 3D effect, just astonishing really when peer in there a while
Grouse stuff again

Thanks Bob, that is sort of what I was aiming for with this image. I was surprised by the clouds to the left which took on a 3D look after some contrasting processing. There is always some little surprise to be had with imaging, even of the most commonly imaged objects.