You are far too kind John I was just being me...and really with all that you have done for me I feel it is a one way street...
Your first image was great on detail and well I am never too concerned about the colour.
The second is rather decent and to think you have been at it for such a relatively short time speaks a great deal about your dedication. Both suffer from no use of the dodge and burn tool
Still you do need to track a star for one and a half hours thru an illiminated reticule to experience just what it was like once...and perhaps a few sessions obtain polar via drift alignment to appreciate how wonderful the equipment is now.
Well done and happy anniversary...another scope or camera is in order to celebrate perhaps.
Alex