Exposure: 20x30sec @ f/5 Camera: Starlight Express MX7C

Telescope: LX200 10" f/10 Location: Morgan Hill

3 different methods of processing same LRGBdata:

Top: straight LRGB combine of stacked color synthesized images + color balance.

Middle: DDP applied to L and kernel filter to blur RG&B

Bottom: Pixel math of above 2 images.