Help needed for a total novice

[Arushin]

I hope this is the right place to ask this question...

I have a little experience with planetary imaging but I am desperate to start taking some deep sky images.

I have the kit but no clue!

I have read Making Every Photon Count from cover to cover and things are starting to make sense but I am wondering if anyone can suggest the best settings for a Canon EOS 1100D for something like the Orion Nebula to get me started?

Would appreciate any suggestions.

Regards and thanks in advance.

[David JM]

I'm in the same position with the 500D.

To be honest I just try keeping to one ISO setting and playing with the exposure times. If it's under or over play with them a bit. If you can't get enough exposure up the ISO a bit and try again.

Once you have one good shot you can try for multiple ones with the same settings adn stack them.