Even with the 24" ASA telescope - this deep image required some extremely long exposures of 20 minutes in BIN 2 for the outer halo to be revealed in Hydrogen Alpha.
The inner core was imaged in LRGB short exposures of 180 seconds in BIN 1 to create this HDR composite image.

Ha-LRGB image
Lum 10X180 sec Bin 1 (mainly for the galaxy...)
RGB 6X180 sec Bin 2
Ha - 10X1200 Bin 2
- 10X180 Bin 1
Grand total of about 6 Hrs

Telescope: ASA600 24" RC with Reducer at f4.5
Mount: ASA DDM200 Direct Drive with Absolute Encoders
Camera: Moravian G3 61000 pro

Imaged from Tivoli farm
June 2022