[DobDobDob (Ron)]

Originally Posted by g__day

Welcome aboard, I've been setting up for astrophotography now and had my first bit of success last night on M42 in Orion.

I was out last night also and looked at M42 for a good while through my binoculars, it was truly stunning, crystal clear, stacks of nebulae gas around the major stars, I would love to see your shots of it, given the equipment you have described.

I attempted to take a couple of shots, handheld and of course decided that I am so far off the mark that I am going to wait till I join the amateur astronomy club next week, then make friends with some astrophotographer and get him to show me step-by-step what I have been trying to read.

I might as well wait and learn it properly, I know I don't even have half the gear I need, but I do have some of the items, so eventually I will take a shot

Whilst out last night I saw about 4 fantastic clusters, they were awesome and so clear, I saw Saturn for a good while and made out two moons, my old favourite of course M42 plus some other interesting views, I had an absolute ball, this is an amazing sport

Now how about sharing your M42 ???