beautiful mate, i am a nooby too, i have not got tracking yet, so i can't wait!
i have been doing darkframes by leaving the large scope cap on and taking a similiar length exposure and then when it comes to registax, you tell it where your dark frame is on your computer and then tick the option to include the dark frame.
there is an article on flats and darks by the master Eddie T here
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.p...63,211,0,0,1,0
i tried M8 without tracking, just 2 second shots, but not much detail!
excellent stuff!