[RussellH]

Hi All,

Finally after over a month since I started to collect AP gear, I finally have a picture to post. I'm just testing still at the moment to get the workflow in hand. This is a single frame out of my Canon 450D on a Skywatcher f5 6" Newtonian. It's a 3 minute sub that was simple converted to PNG and downsized so I can post. No processing has been done.

I'm still waiting to install my focuser, so this was a rough hand focus using liveview on the camera back.

So, with those caveats, how does it look? Any suggestions on what I need to do to improve my captures? I'm currently running 20 3-minutes subs. I don't have anything to capture flats just yet, and I'm not sure if I need darks & bias as I've seen conflicting reports on whether they are needed these days or not?

Also attached is my guide scope graph - how does it look?

All comments welcome.

Thanks. Russell.