digitaltre515

That one looks nice! Mine is definitely overprocessed, I think. Right now I'm in for two weeks of clouds plus a business trip across the country so I'm not getting any more practice. I wish I could get the running man in with a single shot, but my C8's focal length is just to long, even with a f/6.3 reducer. Guess to get it I'll have to learn mosaics!

Thanks! Even though I'm critical of myself every time I start learning something new I turned out happy with this shot.

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Well, here's another M42. I went with this because I haven't yet received my autoguider, it's nice and bright, and relatively easy for a first-timer. I realized that I probably didn't set the camera for enough light after I had already packed up and came inside, but all-in-all, I think it's okay for my first DSO.

Taken with a Celestron C8-SGT XLT using a modified Canon EOS 1000D controlled with BackyardEOS. 20x30 second subs @ 800 ISO /w 10 darks. Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop CS 5 with Annie's Astro Actions.