Ok so you knew I would repro...and Houghy told me to!
In my haste and with tired eyes on a bright screen the first time, I made a few rookey mistakes.
I have dealt with the blue cast and the colour noise and a coupl'a other tweeks.
This is my favourite version and I think this is worth another look

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The halo really is huge and there are a swarm of globular clusters visible in it too, I will try and post a map to point them out soon.
After the image downloads click on it to see the other versions if you like
Displayed at 80% full res and sized to fit perfectly in a full screen view (press F11) on a 22" moniter (800K)
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...85838/original
Cheers
Mike