Thanks everyone for the comments. Mike I'm doing automatic dark subtraction in Envisage but no flats yet. I started on the RGB last night on M20 but had some frustration with the goto so wasted a lot of time and my poor west horizon beat me in the end.
Dennis - no need to encourage me - perhaps you can help me convince my family - I'm competing with a garden bed and a soccer field as alternative uses for the site.
Allan - yes I had your 102 guidescope side by side with my ED80. It's taking a bit of time to get used to finding a guide star and I've ended up using PHD as it allows me to use the long exposure mode of this guide camera (althought I still prefer the feedback guidemaster provides).
The weather in Brisbane has been magnificant the last few days - hope it persists for Astrofest.
Peter.
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