As a beginner, I'm using Orion as a target that is easy to photograph but hard to do well, so I reckon it's a good target to practice on. Here's a link to a photo I took on 13 March with my Canon 400D at prime focus of 8" LX90. It's not brilliant, but it's better than my previous attempt, so I guess that means I'm now on the second bottom rung of the ladder. Hoping to try polar alignment on the weekend, but I guess the moon will be pretty close to Orion by then so maybe need to photograph something else.
http://tinyurl.com/5rtqub
regards
Stuart Scanlan
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