Well the sky cleared a couple of nights back and I managed to capture 100minutes of M17 the Swan Nebula with my QHY8 OSC and FSQ106ED.
I still have a bit of learning to do with regard to wider field image processing as it is a little diferent from up close imaging with so much to work on in such a big field.
This was a dificult image to squeeze down to 200KB so I have posted a link to a higher res image below.
Hope you enjoy.
Comments welcomed and appreciated.
Higher res version at:
http://www.darkskyau.com/cm/displayi...174&fullsize=1
Beware this is 3.5MB but worth taking a look at.