[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by graham.hobart

One of my favourite areas of the Sky and I like your presentation. Very sharp folks!
Graz

Thanks, Graz. Delighted by your comments.

Originally Posted by RickS

Excellent detail as always, M&T, and I like the more traditional colouring. Well done!

Cheers,
Rick.

Hi, Rick. Many thanks. As Mike S mentioned, the star-whitening process and masking the stars when sharpening have both left some artifacts, but we're pleased with the nebulosity.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Ha ha yes, I see your cat and rocking horse. The rocking horse has always reminded me of a big set of fluffy dogs ears (when turned clockwise 90 deg) perhaps a Border Collie? A few processing artefacts visible (need to talk to the software designers ) but no denying the fine detail in the nebulosity and the pleasing colour palette too

Mike

Thanks Mike. You are absolutely right about the Collie's ears. They're convincing and almost to scale with the cat. Perhaps those aren't really artifacts around the cluster stars - I'm sure I can see them with my ageing naked eye!