Well Jordo, you're heading in the right direction with your processing techniques! That's a fine image with great colour and detail. Top shelf stuff from you, nothing wrong with that one! You have every reason to like how it turned out.
That's a beautiful image, Jordo. Great colour, great looking stars and a very interesting target that I'll add to my 'to do' list. The (tidal?) distortion in the galaxy is really captivating. Alex