IC434 Last night

This is yet another attempt at the Horsehead thru my FS-78 at F/6.4. Taken with my ST10xme. This one consists of 120min = HA, 30min.each R,G,B, all at 1X binned. Any advise is appriciated! Thanks, Tom

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Tom,
I saw the Pleiades as well as your IC 434 area - great shots. I am still amazed at how you can use the ST10 on ojects like these and get away with the blooms.

You have good depth and detail on both images. On the IC434, my guess is you used the HA for luminance (strong curves) and the red washed out on you and introduced a lot of green/blue into the mix. My expectation would be to see a deeper red in the IC434 nebulosity.