[Startrek (Martin)]

As my last posted image of M17 was a complete noise fest and I have no idea why I posted it , decided to totally review subs , re stack and reprocess the data set and post a more realistic rendition of this wonderful celestial object to do it justice.

Review subs in ASTAP again ( discarded 5 subs )

Re Register and re Stack in DSS with following setting changes
Check No white balance processing
Select per Channel Background Calibration for Light frames
Select Align RGB Channels in final stacked image

Reprocess in Startools
Set a Specific ROI in AutoDev around the object and ignore fine detail 2.5 pixels (Resultant stretched image removed residual gradient whilst maintaining dynamic range and fine detail in and around main structure )
Used a Basic Wipe ( in lieu of Narrowband Wipe ) with dark anomalies set at 4 pixels due to higher than expected LP gradient
Used HDR Optimise soft
Used Sharpening Dark only
Decon set at 1.5 pixels
Shrink module , tighten stars by 5 pixels
Super Structure module used Dim Small feature
Colour module used Scientific ( colour constancy )
Final noise reduction 4 pixels

A couple of OSC bicolour renditions

Thanks for looking
Comments welcome