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That's Telford lurking over the horizon. Not all dark sights are the same darkness.

Thanks @spaceman_spiff To de-convolute the image title. 79x1min exposures ISO 1600 with my SW Quattro 10. Canon 600D modded with CLS filter. Little bit of Deep Sky Stakker processing then tweeked in PS. Yes, This is my favorite object at the moment. I have just got a mono CCD and want to add data from Ha,HB,O3 etc. I think the ripples show well in the NB region.

Need to try and get those orangey / yellow stars more prominent.

I must do more contrasting double stars. This was with a 1000mmFL SW 10" Quattro. Pleasantly pleased that the diffraction spikes came through on the main two stars. Have tried to maintain the colours on processing, but things happen !! in Photoshop.

Wow, what a great shot. I have only 'discovered' this object recently as my previous equipment would not have resolved anything other than a fuzzy blob. I have now got a Meade 8" SCT so look forward to giving this a go since it is now at high elevation. What mount do you run your Celestron on ? How easy does you Atik image the Nebula ? ( ie. what length of exposure will show the nebula on the laptop before commiting to the 300 sec.) I find it difficult to get the DSO lined up in the first place without loads of trials, tweaks and adjustments which just eat up precious time. Cheers, Sean.