M20 Trifid Nebula

[Carole]

PLEASE DON'T ADD SPIKES ...

I never add spikes to my images, only when I am using an image to decorate something. 
Just tried Noel's actions, but they do tend to convert to 8bit sometimes too prematurely. 

Carole

[MarkS]

Carole,

That's not at all bad given that it's only 20min of data using a DSLR and given the Trifid is so close to the horizon (which both attenuates the signal and plonks it amongst the light pollution).  I prefer the subtlety of the first image - the second one is far too oversaturated.

Mark

[Carole]

Thanks Mark,

the second one is far too oversaturated.

Yes I agree, I have done another somewhere in between: