Hi everyone,
I took these 2 images - 1st January 2011.
I never got around to properly processing then until the last few days.
They had gradients that were difficult to remove.
The altitude was nearly 5,000 feet & I am pleased with the way they came out.
I actually had to take the telescope off the mount due to high winds
so I bolted the EOS1000d with it's kit lens onto the mount & took a few 5 minute shots.
Larger sizes are available on my flickr photos & worth looking at here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2471943...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2471943...in/photostream
The full sizes 3,888px × 2,592px 10.3 megabytes. are also available there.