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Thanks Stefan, No i did not fiddle much around in PI for this one since this is a Startools forum not the Pi forum. :D Starnet has his issues but in my PI version on astrobin i used it when the image was still linear, somehow that worked alot better. However the star 52 Cyg still did pose a problem ...

Thanks Ron, Yes, little tech problems but i could overcome then. And also, with small gear especially a scope with limited focal lenght is so forgiving and much easier to deal with. The guiding once running was quite ok though. The picutre seen on astrobin is fully made in PI, i think it is better ....

A veil complex version in Startools. Ok i admit i used starnet to separate the stars from the nebulae and then for the stars reduces the stretch and combined the images in PI. All the rest is made in Startools. I just could not handle the over busy starfield in Startools enough.... It was shot in Au...

Well, it is still a nice image despite all the stars. Maybe there are still too many but they sure do show marvelous colors!

Totally agree with Stefan, it is a real winner! Just beautifull. Stars in that area are a real issue. On my Austrian veil i did not use any stars reduction, in stead i used starnet at a linear stage and stretched the separate images different, and afterwards combined them again. In that case it work...

Quite a colorfull shot. Very nice and much detail in it.

Trouble with the L-enhance, extreme and ultima, the dualband filters is indeed starcolor. One should shoot a separate RGB for the starcolor. My Austrian shot has thesame problem.

The cocoon.... Well, this object is tougher then i thought and so i probably the scope. Over 8 hours of integration in not so dark skies since it is summer. This is ST only no PI, only a few tweaks in GIMP. I noticed after processing that i had some dew issues probably on the glass of the camera. Si...

All i can say this is a quite nice picture! Lovely HII regions and some small nice galaxies around.
Great work..

Indeed a nice image. Unfortunate for the stars in the upper left corner. ASTAP reports extreme tilt in the jpg...I wander what the culprit could be.

This said in my RC8 i also still have mild to moderate tilt..for know not sure where that is coming from too...i still suspect collimation in my case.

That is a very nice widefield. Like it. You even got a red rim around M97. And M108 stands out very well too.. :thumbsup: i tried M97 once with my DSLR and L-enhance i believe. It was a total failure. Still does not understand what went wrong. Shame, cause it is a very nice object. Something to cons...