Matt, Doug & Les...Glad you like em guys, still pretty new to this so learning new stuff all the time, I can see why people get hooked on this hobby.
Mike, I think you're being a bit generous with "bright" light behind heshin, more an eco-friendly 15 watts.
Struggled with the colour on M31, had a persistant green tinge, correcting in shadow/highlights colour helped but getting bluer arms gave a nasty pink core to the galaxy.
I need more tricks in my post-processing basket me thinks.
Barb & David, I too am looking forward to having my autoguider back
, here's hoping it's an easy fix solution.
Planetary nebula have such beautiful colours, would love to get a nice collection of them.
JD