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Originally Posted by renormalised
I'd have to agree with Steve and John....it probably is a reflection in your lens, but you are in the right area. You have to remember you're only shooting through a camera lens and the Witch's Head is pretty dim. You will need to go longer using the camera lens, but you may pick it up if you decide to go through the prime focus of your scope using your 450D..
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Thanks Renormalised,
Yep, it is the correct field and that has to be a reflection. I suspect the polarizing filter that I forgot to take off.
The 450D on my 16" F4.5 would provide nothing like the field of view for this object. Doug has a nice shot of it in a 98mm lens and Humayun captured it with a 50mm and also a 300mm lens.
If I am ever going to image this object it will have to be with my camera lens and as it operates at F5.6 at 85mm, I think I just need more data. Next time I have a go I will use my current image to align the same field, then I will be able to add the new data to the old and end up with more signal.
Regards
Trevor