Hi All,
A few months ago I upgraded from an old Vixen SP (that was struggling under the weight of equipment I had loaded onto it) to a new Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 GT. Finally after 3 months the last new Moon weekend was clear and I had a chance to get out of Sydney and give it its first test under dark skies. I have a heap to learn about SynScan (and need to RTFM) but was reasonably happy with the first proper test.
This pic was taken using an unmodded Pentax K-5 through a Pentax 6x7 165mm f2.8 lens (stopped down to f5.6). This image is neither deep nor high-res (it's a significant crop of the full field) and I only managed 4 usable 2 min (unguided) subs before the Trifid dropped below the limbs of a large tree but I'm reasonably happy with how it came out given all the limitations. I'm looking forward to learning more about the mount and getting auto-guiding up and running.
Somewhat larger at Astrobin:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/211010/0/