I've tweaked this image some more following a few suggestions.
I reread the GradientX Terminator tutorial and applied that. That helped a lot. A bit more manual gradient handling enabled the image to be brightened plus a bit of selective sharpening (not too much its more of a vague looking galaxy anyway).
So this is the result which shows more detail and a brighter, more enhanced galaxy.
I love this scope, its awesome. I'm starting to see how I need to process the images from it. Its different to my refractors.
http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/...28391155/large
Greg.