2nd stab at M78

[Comet Hunter]

I didn't care for the one taken in 1/6, so I added 7 more hours this week. 155 total 5 min light frames
Stellarview 102, 2600mc, Tri band RGB filter

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Interesting color palette here. Almost no reds here.

 

[JimFox]

That's looking really nice Ed! The extra data was worth it.

 

[Comet Hunter]

So I got some feedback on Astrobin I may have added too much noise reduction and over sharpened my original image.
I stated from scratch and reprocessed everything limiting noise reduction and sharpening (BlurX) to a minimum, also removed the greenish background
Did it make a positive difference?

 

[Mike Lewis]

Ed,

I like them both, but I do think the second one looks better to me. I like the color palette more. I do not mind the NR in the 1st version but I do see some sharpening artifacts in it. That being said, I am thinking the second one could take a little sharpening, just a more mild version I would say.

In any case a great close-up capture of this wonderful target!

ML