Well if you can't beat'em...join'em
http://upload.pbase.com/strongmanmik...70808/original
I still think my brain preferes it with stars buuuut I guess I quite like it actually, looks very dramatic really...? Like a space art fine airbrush painting
Here is the close up of the main nebula, without stars:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...71470/original
.....
...thanks Fred
...oh and Jeanette
Mike