M51 color - round 2

Have had time to play with some accumulating data this week instead of just getting more... I never got that "good" night of seeing for the L channel, so this is about 20 minutes each of RGB with some "leftover" L. I would really like to get more data once the scope comes back on line, but I am pretty happy with the color balance here. I had a couple of versions of this, one with a "blacker" sky, but decided to post this one with the grain in the background, just to see more stuff. I am still learning this processing business... More often than not I am tempted to just re-take an image.

Thanks for looking. Processing hints and comments always welcome.

Charlie

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Hi Charles,
The color looks good, and as you say, just needs some good luminance to make it shine!