m45 - then and now

[LunarLight]

Thought this would be fun to share as I am on the verge of getting my auto guiding kit.

The first one was taken when I first got into AP. It was my first DSO and is rather poor ha!

The second one was taken recently, the battery on my camera ran out so I never got as much data as I wanted but still got 56 x 1 minute exposures... flats and processing still needs a little work though.... also just got a coma corrector so that should be useful to

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6406/m45redo.jpg

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/7740/m45withflatsembedquick1.jpg

[Hawklord]

Very nice indeed. You've got some great nebulosity coming through.