[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

WOW!
I've always liked that bit of M17, somehow the dark dust lane almost disappears in every colour rendition - so seeing it here, proud & bold supported by the plumes of Ha above is wonderful.

Thanks muchly, Andy. In that dust there is a row of animal faces all in profile, all facing toward about 4 o'clock: a lion, three kangaroos (or perhaps ferrets?), and a panther smoking a very fat cigar.

Originally Posted by Jsmitt94

Stunning as always

Thanks Jacob!

Perhaps the original is very slightly too sharpened. Here is a version with only 2/3 the number of decon rounds, and only half the wavelet sharpening. The bright stuff at bottom right (mummy swan) looks better, but the rest of it is barely changed.