[AstroBogan (Jacob)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

The small ED80 is showing the galaxy up well Light pollution is a killer though.

Shooting different ISOs on a galaxy doesn’t help much. There are very few targets where there is a benefit, M42 can be one of those! 5s exposures at ISO 100 for the core and 5m exposure at ISO 800 for the dust

Thanks for the feedback! I think I definitely need to invest in a CLS filter.

Originally Posted by RickS

Congrats! Nice catch for your first galaxy.

Thanks