Hi Peter, My photos last year were exactliy like yours also whereas this year with longer exposures and stacking them I have gained better colour (exactly the same unmodded camera) - just have to work on my focus and tracking (and hope this rain goes away

). Also my processing is improving thanks to Atalas - member of IIS and he has his own website with tutorials on Photoshop processing at
http://www.atalas.net/index.php?opti...xpose&Itemid=4 My old and newer photo attached. Hope this helps.
http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/...1107/Orion.jpg http://i1255.photobucket.com/albums/...Processed3.jpg