mikehab

Yep - I do - My M42 was taken from a very light polluted North-West London. Mike

Mine doesn't .... but that's another story.... ;-)

Great thread. Only one from me on my trusty little Nexstar 4SE - the obligatory M42...26 x 8 sec @ ISO 6400 with 10 darks and 18 bias frames... I have tried imaging other targets like M81/82, M101, M31, M13 etc. but not had much luck so far. Mike

I have the 4SE and have found it very difficult indeed to capture DSOs/Nebulas.... the only one I've managed to capture so far is M42 (see below). As it's relatively 'slow' at F/13 you certainly won't be able to see anything visually except for really bright objects like M42 and maybe some of the clusters (M11 / M13). As is usually the case though - it all really depends on how dark your skies are and how much light pollution there is ... I'm in NW London so really struggle. Also the tracking on the 4SE mount isn't that great ... so not good for long exposures, even when EQ aligned with the wedge. Cheers, Mike