First M45 image

[bigal1]

Hi all thought i'd post my results from lastnight which is my first image of M45 , Conditions were not that great with a light cloud layer and slight gusts of wind it made things quite tricky . Equipment used was a Skywatcher 150pds and a Canon 1000d ( unmodded ) at prime focus mounted on an unguided Cg-4 mount , Final image was a stack of 50 subs each 45 seconds long ( the max i can squeeze out of my mount for some reason ) with about the same number of darks and no flats as yet .

Regards Alan

[evilgeenius]

Sweet. Nice clean image.

[Quatermass]

Lovely image such a wonderful sight in the sky one of my favourites.

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[ollypenrice]

Good collimation, good focus and gradient-free background sky. Nice. I can't help thinking there might be more nebulosity in there. Do you have a programme like Photoshop for stretching the lower end of the histogram to find out?

Olly

[SJJ]

Nice image, good to see the nebulosity coming through and also the diffraction spikes on the bright stars.

[PhoenixRising]

Couldnt resist having a play with the first M45 Ive seen this year: