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oh yeah my bad, i misread the post. I need to catch up on some sleep

Fantastic image, may i ask how you managed 5 minutes in an alt-az?

Unexpected to be clear, forecast said clouds all night. Well it's wrong again and it is lovely outside just a little nippy.

looking good so far, can't wait to see the finished image!

That is an incredible difference, what LP filter did you use?

I shall try putting a brick on the tray, how would i piggy back the camera on the telescope? Will i need special equipment?

Thanks everyone, I shall definitely spend more time leveling my mount, its always one thing that I never do only if I'm changing from grass to patio. On my 2 star align I always make sure the 2 stars i chose are spread out far apart. For example Vega and Capella.

at 20 seconds on my mount trailing starts to be introduced, is there anyway or any settings i can use on my goto mount to track the object better. FYI i have to use my x2 barlow with this setup otherwise i can't get into focus. The only way to fix this is to move the primary mirror closer to the secondary but i really don't want to be messing around with my scope as it is my first and haven't even had it a year yet. And i will for sure use a lower ISO.

ok i will do that for next time, the moon was a pain so the next time i'm out early in the morning there won't be a moon

Hi I was linked to this thread after posting my First M42 image taken with a Nikon D3300 attached to my Skywatcher 130P on an Alt-Az mount. I got 20x10seconds of subs and some darks and bias' before the clouds came rolling in. Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop. ISO 3200 + a 50% moon... Anyway here it is. It is noisy and am hoping to get some more subs to add to it. This is my first ever image of any nebula.

Wow I have added a lot of these websites to my bookmarks they seem very helpful and will become extremely helpful to a beginner like me, thanks everyone for sharing this. 2 years to late