Here is the colour version of the Luminance image I posted last week. Saturday was a great night - zero clouds all night long and seeing quite good after midnight. In fact, I can't remember a night in the last 8 months where clouds haven't dogged me at some point! Anyway, I managed to get 80 mins each for RGB (binned 2x2) on top of the 2 hrs Luminance for a total of 6 hours of data. I went 2x2 because I was at F11.7.
My processing was inspired by Rob Gendler's version. I like seeing vivid colours in a galaxy image. The halo turned out a treat too I think - so quite pleased overall.
Small:
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/110479642/large
Large:
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/110479642/original
I may yet go for some more data, but this will do for now!
Cheers, Marcus