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what i did was first bin it, then autodev, wipe.. then used the develop, hitting home-in 2 or 3 times.. then Optimize in hdr, Moderate in life, color, denoise.. ended up with this sucker

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pdkf7gjaco4od ... r.TIF?dl=0

now i want to take these kinds of shots!!

I was stuck at the same spot ( re: the next post down from this one ) On the 2nd autodev, the "region of interest " is key... On your image, try making a small square on the middle of m81 that gets close to the center and also just a tad of the outside of the galaxy... then see what that shows.. Goo...

Also, now is a good time to look at the User Notes posts.. a post for every function.. invaluable

Great.. pay special special special attention to the 2nd autodev region of interest. Try try again... I've found that unless I can get it "just right", I might as well start over..

Hey! i'm in southwest mo... not EXACTLY next door, but still :) i'm new too, and i wouldn't have made it one more day if i hadn't found the User Notes on this forum ( ht Bill ).. i referred to them while i practiced/experimented on my data. it helped TREMENDOUSLY anyway, i downloaded yours and gave ...

Thank you Ivo.. I will practice more with binning

Currently attempting longer exposures while tackling phd2...

Liking M104.. only ONE thing to focus on.

I think the "fuzz" I was talking a about was the ends of the galaxy's arm(s)

thanks! beginner's luck obviously no filters, and (from the User Notes) used a star mask and Sample to get the initial color.. then did the adjustments like the attached screenshot i've been trying the Bin, but i don't think i know how to bin "a little".. i seem to loose all of the colorful "fuzz" a...

Thank you for the reply Ivo... thanks to Bill's tip about the User Notes, i've been making PROGRESS!! i now have the dss settings set to No on both background calibs... also am outputting the 32 bit fits ( 16 before ) i've spent all day reprocessing 3 of my other images and have made each one of the...

thank you Bill!! i'll take a gander at those notes