Veil Nebula Widefield

[Snoani]

Good evening

Following a recent test of a newly put together widefield rig, where I failed in capturing a very ambitious target, I decided to dial back my ambition somewhat and point the lens at a more realistic target, the Veil Nebula.  

This was captured using a Sigma 105mm macro lens, attached to an ZWO ASI 533MC Pro which were guided on the new Skywatcher Star Adventurer GTI.  This image comprises of 8h 25m of data using an L-Extreme filter and 2h 45m of RGB for more natural star colour.  

I think I need to work on the stars which look a little bit false at close quarters, which I think is something to do with how Starnet processes stars with lens diffraction spikes.  Otherwise, I'm generally very happy given the lens wasn't designed for astrophotography.

Thanks for looking. 

[Elp]

I always like to see trying to get a result out of equipment not designed for the task, good job.

[MartinB]

That looks nice and you haven't over cooked it.  The stars look fine at the scale presented on my laptop.