Orion Nebula M42 with CanonEOSII 6Dstock Baader UV-IR Cut-Off 2in. filter with an APM Flattener thru a 152mm A+M Refractor(OfficinaStellare) , 54-CR2.s of 81secISO50 and various exposures of ISO2500 up to 8minISO2500 . I did a 'Calibrate' and "ConvertColor -Scaling: R-70 G-80 B-90" and then "KernalFilter-Median3x3" and then"HalfSize" and then "Stack" 'Manual-2 Stars' and then 'Sum' . I then put the image into "ImagesPLus" and did "Stretch" commands and then "FeatureMask" to 'split' the stars from the background nebula … which took awhile to get the end result the way it is , The "History Process" window was needed to use the 'Mask' option and "Levels" to reduce the outer haze around the nebula … and then back into MaximDL Pro V6.16 where I used the "Remove Bloom" tool to round up some of the Running Man's stars because they weren't round enough ..x
