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I agree wholeheartedly, BlurX is a great tool. Thankfully, one doesn't have to delve too deeply into the the acronym maze that is Pixinsight to use it! I basically do a histogram stretch before applying BlurX and then export the result into PS where I can blend the result to taste.
As with all sharpening though, great care must be taken to ensure that the image doesn't look overcooked. With respect to your example image, and notwithstanding it's essentially a test, I'll be brutally honest and say it IS somewhat overdone. By that I mean it's obviously been sharpened - a lot. If this happens to me, I dial it back either by changing parameters or by blending it with the unsharpened layers below (my preferred method)
Anyway, a good, informative post Rob with an decent result.
Cheers,
Marcus
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