A little bit of trying...

[TheThing]

First time trying DSO. Not enough inward focus with one extension tube and not enough with the other, so little bit out of focus but, I'm pretty pleased with the outcome.

 

M42 & M45, 20 images of 30 seconds each to see what I could get. I'm dead pleased with the results though!

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dark knight]

Thats a really nice start, what equipment did you use?

[TheThing]

Thank you.

I'm using an Opticstar AR80S 80mm frac on a Celestron Advanced GT Mount with a Canon 1000D camera.  20x 30 second exposures and 5x 30 sec darks, stacked in Registax.