This is an amazing piece of work Bill. Thoroughly enjoyed it. From M20 and M8 at the left of field, right of center NGC6357 and NGC6334, then what looks like IC4628 far right with the “table of scorpius” cluster. The FOV is incredible. It is pleasing to see dslr’s going deeper, collecting more than 1-hour worth of data. We all know the more data you capture the smoother the result. In my opinion you can never have enough data, but at some point you’ve got to draw the line. My only negative comment on this image is I don’t believe your flats are working well for you. The reason I say this as there appears to be a discolouration band across the bottom of the frame. This results in the appearance field not being equal or balanced. I believe Bert did some investigation around this and discovered the issue is related to the flip mirror or lockup process (really can’t remember), but it appeared to slightly block the light path. You could create an artificial flat in PS to remedy the colour band as an alternative. Overall, the processing looks in tune. You’ve done a great job of bringing out dark nebulae details without clipping data. Well done!
