Jean re-processed the set of subs and retained 341 or 75% of the 2-minute subs.
The result is very impressive and offers a view on all nebulosity that surrounds the galaxy but also hides it from being very bright. This galaxy is very large and would fit within a half Moon. So the surface brightness is rather low, which makes it easy for the IFn and Milky Way nebulosity to dim it even further.
The image displays a wealth of information, not only IFN patches everywhere, but also galaxies and H-Alpha nebulosity to the right of the galaxy.
The bright nebulosity was not the intention of the processing. Apparently the brightness of the image shifted when the original TIF was saved as a JPG under Windows Photo software.
When starting from a PNG, the saved JPG did not brighten. This was the original intended result:
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