What a gorgeous shot with great detail and framing!

Terri

Thanks, Terri.
I reluctantly cropped away some of the image to make it more artistic--but it's hard to toss out large chunks of the Universe!

Absolute perfection Alex! Nothing more to add!

Well, You make me feel good, even if you stretch the truth quite a bit! Thanks, my friend

You're being too modest.

Well, you're the first one to conclude that!

It's really wonderfull Alex 👍👍🙏

Thank you very kindly...and for the array of Icons!

Superb results Alex!
CS, Jeff

thanks, my good friend!
a

Wonderfully done Alex!

CS and be well,
Mike

Thanks my good friend, you keep well too.
a

I guess I can leave comments here after all.

I agree that NGC 5101 appears to have spiral arms, just somewhat flung out more than normally expected. Perhaps it represents a fading spiral before it becomes a "faded spiral" as briefly mentioned in the Wikipedia article on Lenticulars.

I see they used active optics to take the exposures. The image is certainly sharp enough. Have you noticed a difference between the images with and without AOX?

Most excellent processing, as usual!

Kent

Hi Kent...glad to see you on Astrobin.
Thanks, as always for the comments. As for the AOX, they use it every time. I have no comparison images, unfortunately. As your experiments have indicated, it would be preferable to shoot one set with and one set without under as similar conditions as possible--even within minutes of each other, and certainly with the same scope, camera, mount, location.... Then, for the Pièce De Résistance, keep the processor and processing identical. Boy, that's a lot to ask.
Keep safe, my good friend!
alex