First M42...

[LaVey]

Definatley a good start to the new year... did my first polar alignment with WCS, not sure if I did it right on the easterly star.. but got 60seconds without too much trailing. Took me 45 mins to do :scratch: . Not sure if i got the process right either.. but will keep plugging at it.. maybe something someone can help me out with at the SGL star party

Had issues stacking in DSS (http://stargazerslounge.com/index.php/topic,37563.0.html), am sure I'm doing something wrong with this software! Anyway.. went back to nebulosity and had a go there, below is my efforts.. probably a little over processed for such a short amount of exposure - but it amazed me I got anything at all!

10 x 60secs ISO 800, 20 x 30 secs ISO 400.

[gary1968]

Nice LaVey, a good start. Thanks for sharing.

Gary

[trudie]

A very good start.

Trudie

[Psychobilly]

Nice first M45

I think One sub has been mis stacked as there are ghost stars at about 3 o'clock if you find it you may find the image will be even better...

Billy...

[MartinB]

Great start you can be very pleased with that one. As far as your processing problems go, the think I notice is that it appears that the red appears slightly offset looking at some of the stars. I wonder if this could be related to the debayering algorithm used? Not familiar with DSS or nebulosity so can't help with that one though