Hi all,
Here's an image I did a few nights ago - the Helix Nebula. Though not perfectly happy with the image, it is still a good improvement on my last Helix Nebula image (last year).
I used my modified Canon 300D on my GSO 12" f/5 telescope,
hand guided with a 4.5-inch f/18 guidescope. I also used a Baader 2" Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector (MPCC) and Baader 2" UV/IR Cut Filter.
The exposure is a composition of
19 x 3-minute exposures @ ISO 400 - that's 57-minutes total exposure time with 5 dark images and 5 bias (offset) images.
You can see a higher resolution image at
http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/Helix%20Nebula.html
For those of you with keen eyes you will also notice the Asteroid Nishiinoue (11915) at Magnitude 18.3 in the upper left quadrant of the image.
Paul M