first ever m45

[turbotim]

I took this last night and am amazed i love m45, i also like to tell some one to look at the sky, and tell me how many stars they see, they say 4 or 5 then i tell them to look threw my scope while pointed towards m45 i love the reactions. This is about 13 50sec lights 8darks 15bias shot with nikon d80 on cg5 at 1600iso in raw changed to png in gimp and not tweaked at all in gimp only used dss! Thanks for looking, have a good day!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice start. stars look nice and tight.

[SJJ]

Nice looking image. Good star shapes.

[stargazerslivingroom]

I agree...Whenever I pop out with the binos M45 is usually next after Jupiter. Used the same trick with my wife....Got the same WOW. Well done on your first attempt.

[turbotim]

Thanks for the comments!