Yes that's a lovely image Ken.
I agree with Marcus the neb colour is spot on and if you reduce the green colouring in the stars it will be more excellent
The egging isn't objectionable (Fred may not like it though
) try his fix detailed in this thread here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=47247
I was building an 18" F5 back in the 80's, it was a mammoth project that was never finished sadly, it looked like the Hale 200" on a massive RHS Fork mount. It had a 5.5" secondary to fully illuminate a 6X6 film square (we had a Wynn coma corrector on the drawing board even) it also had a beautiful 16.8" Thomas Mathis drive...ahhh what could have been
do you have good link to your beast?
Nice work
Mike