[codemonkey (Lee)]

Updated the OP with a reprocess. Did slightly better on the stars due to a new trick I just discovered, slightly less oversharpened, and a slightly tighter crop. Original version is still on Astrobin, as well as the new revision.

Originally Posted by topheart

Hi Lee,
That's a very nicely done galaxy.
Cheers,
Tim

Thanks very much Tim, glad you like it

Originally Posted by alan meehan

Nice capure LEE well worth the effort
ALAN

Thanks Alan, appreciate it!

Originally Posted by Placidus

Lee, that's exquisite. Beautifully captured and processed.

Thanks very much Mike! It's a tough one, and while I haven't gone as deep as Ray and others have done, I'm still pretty happy with it.

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice detail and colour, Lee.

Thanks Rick :-)

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Lee,
75 Luminance subframes - almost 1/9th of the noise!
Great work to capture that.
I am surprised that you got such a fantastic image from only a 120mm aperture.

cheers
Allan

Thanks very much Allan :-) Small pixels combined with reasonable seeing let you do a reasonable job with a 120mm refractor. Never going to get the same resolution as a nice big scope though...