Hi Matty
Nice work with the DMK; it's a terrific camera eh!
Here is an
image of the Trapezium region I took with my DMK21AF04 on the last clear night I had in Brisbane - 23rd October 2007! Using a Mewlon 180 F12 with TeleVue x2.5 PowerMate under very good seeing conditions.
I started getting blobby stars at an exposure of 1/3 second. What exposure did you use for your images, it looks like you went much deeper?
Cheers
Dennis