Glad you all enjoyed looking at the image of NGC 253. Thanks for your kind
comments.
I do tend to agree though with some of you that it is "too cut" and the background is too dark. This was likely the result of a new image processing tool I used for the first time to flatten the background, though it seemed to look good at the time. :-)
Anyhow I've had another go at processing the image with "less cut" this
time and without the flatten background tool. It's still bit of a trade off
as there is still some gradient in the background of the image.
whadda ya's think ? is this image better ?
higher res. image here
http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/ngc253_page3.html