[Gavin1234]

Your first shot with the colour is actually pretty good for your equipment imo. Sure it could improve with a lot of experience and detailed work but without an EQ Mount it’s going to be a long slow road for any really noticeable improvement.

Sorry I don’t mean to discourage. You should definitely keep working at it in the meantime because you will learn as you go regardless of what gear you’re using. The first image is very good all things considered. But I would definitely invest in an EQ Mount if your wanting to image DSO’s.

This was as far as I got with a alt az:

The lagoon triffid is my first ever photo on an EQ Mount taken a month later.