Big shoes indeed Mike... However there is no point drooling over images of dust and wondering if you could do it yourself... Its better to get out under the stars, go against the odds and give it a go.. Considering battling clouds and light pollution, I tend to think this image came up Ok.... It seems to have lost some star colour when I converted it to JPG

will have to have a fiddle..
Vela has about 10 targets I want to image this year... some I can do from home, some I'll have to do when I'm out at dark skies... Looking forward to the challenge though!
30 hours now, I think I need a shutter and an RBI flushing system...