Thanks for all the nice comments regarding the first versions guys but tonight I changed my mind and although it wasn't too bad the noise was in fact slightly bothersome in the first versions after all

No substitute for having lots of data in the first place but just shows what modern image processing techniques can achieve if you are pressed for time

Full frame image (1.2meg)

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...70896/original

Close up crop of the best bits (600K)

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...07864/original

If you are on dial-up try this smaller full frame version:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...83370896/large

Hope these look more pleasing?

Tim Tucson, that's not M7 but a distant globular cluster

Mike