One final image from last week

I added RGB to my previous luminance of M81. Bloated stars...so I suspect my focus was a bit off. Its always something....

FS-102 ST-2000XM AP 900GTO
LRGB 90:60:60:60 RGB binned 2X2

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I like it!
Very nice shot Vince! 8)

Thanks for sharing with us!

This might help with the star bloat, Vincent:
http://pk.darkhorizons.org/PSStarBloat.htm
http://www.starrywonders.com/
Both of these are for Photoshop, but the principles apply to other processing programs, too.
Richard Bennion has a presentation on the CCDWare site that analyzes numerically how critical it is to get your focus exact. It turns out that being off just a hair makes a bigger difference than one would expect.
Myself, I get lazy about refocusing after temperature changes.
Your image looks pretty good, as is, though.

dan kowall
photonhunter.com