Thanks for all the comments. I agree with them all. I also preferred the first as I feel that it processes the data and is more faithful and sympathetic to the subject. I was just trying out the method from the Internet that I had seen and it really was to get a better image of surface detail. I find that the second image increases the apparent contrast such that you can actually see the planet through the gap in the rings, the hexagon appears slightly better but I don't think I've Captured any surface detail other than artifacts.
I know it's very subjective but to make sure I know what I've done, I do a screen capture of all the programs I use and save them as jpegs in the same folder as the final images. Thus I have a complete record of my bumblings in this process.
Thanks JJJ and Trevor for your advice on methodologies.
Allan
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