Good first try. Definitely out of focus, which is the first thing you need to learn how to perfect. There are several ways of doing that, depending
upon what kind of camera you are using. I noticed that there is no sign of green in your image, which an unmodified DSLR normally shows with
M42 in short exposures. What ISO did you use? So, in short, are you using aDSLR? does it have Live View? A bit more information, and I'm
sure there will be plenty of advice on this forum. The main thing that
I would stress is that astroimaging has a steep learning curve, so just
take your time, and your images will get better and better.
raymo
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