Hi David,
Great effort. Glad to hear you’re working though your challenges and getting that great feeling we all get when you tweek something and it makes huge improvements.
As far as the out of focus star issue on the right, I’m with Tony. Basically the center to left is in focus but because of the tilt, the right hand side of frame is not. More evidence of this is the CA you have around Alnitak. It’s not concentric and balloons out to the right suggesting that the camera is not on axis. More challenges to iron out I know but I think this one is a pretty easy one to fix.
I look forward to the next installment. Well done