Thanks chaps, very much appreciated.
Gary I love the RC 8, best money I ever spent. Some hiccups but now working just fine.
Mike I used your image and several others to confirm I had detail in the globules I had imaged. Yeah that large globule has a fascinating aspect about it and that is what excited me. I love the colours too. Trying to get it nearly correct took quite a few hours, my first sets were just not what I saw in the Ha image.
The stars are problematic that is for sure, but I don't mind the mis match too much. Maybe a SID later down the track with some hindsight processing perhaps.
Greg, funny how we think alike here. Used the opacity slider on both blends and worked something like 72% for Lum and 56% for Red.
You might be onto something with selecting out the stars and removing them. It might be a bit of a mission though.
Funny I ran both selective sharpening on the Ha and noise reduction to give it that pop. I must have read your comments so many times on other images that it is finally sticking.
Like you each image has a differing Ha application, some images none at all and some purely Ha for lum and some blended. Like you I find that there is no set rules, just trial and error. Mainly error I must admit on my behalf.
The OAG is working out real nice. I need to do some more work on Pempro to refine polar alignment and make it work better still. Some guide settings adjustment too.
Thanks once again.
