Ah yes, forgetting the Hi-ISO test shot setting...I was there just a couple of days ago.
Left the MPCC on the camera with the ED80 and got "reversed coma" too...oh dear, getting old, time for the glue factory.
Flight style check-list sounds like a damn fine idea to me.
That's not horrible at all, I've seen & done far worse, just the scourge of light pollution that brings it down a notch.
A question for Scott, how do you restore the nebula's colours after using a UHC filter?
I have a Baader UHC but on the times I've tried it I just can't get the colours correct during processing, all purple/grey/green murk.
Justin