Ive finally managed to get the best image of the Ant Nebula, MZ3 that ive ever got.
Its 4x5 mins ISO 800, masked with a 3x120 sec ISO 200 image, in order to display the full dynamic range of this strange object, and to show the ant's antennae. Shot with UHCS filter with 10 inch f5.6 scope and Hutech 350d. It is a full resolution crop. Heres a HST image for comparison
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010205.html
Obviously the HST image is in false, not true colour.
Scott