That is a beautiful photo, Dragnet. I always had Sky & Telescope photos taped to my bedroom walls and closet doors as a teen. Trifid, always one of my favorite.
Thanks! I surprised myself with this image. Looking back I should have gone much longer on it. I’ve been planning on revisiting this nebula and hopefully I’ll capture 20x more data which should improve it dramatically in post processing.
Btw, I did the same thing when I was young and really struggled at the time with the old film formats due to long tracking issues, not to mention not being able to afford film developing, enlargements, at the time. Digital opened a new world for me.