Fantastic Jase!!! very well compiled image undeed. I can just see your face as this was coming together
Your M83 looks quite like RJ's actually but even though RJ's is showing some remarkable structures, especially in the outer arms compared to yours, your over-all look is more natural to me and I also like your slightly wider more interesting FOV. I find as fantastic as RJ's images are they always have a science art painting look to them that I can't quite warm to 100% (bit like narrow band images actually
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http://www.cosmotography.com/images/small_m83.html
I've found combining data from different scopes rewarding for some time now. I use Astroart for much of my image processing and it's pretty easy to combine data from different scopes IMO and I am surprised more people don't do it
This was compiled from data taken with three scopes - an ED80, 12" SCT and my 6" Starfire:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...28103/original
Again, a truly excellent M83
Mike