[Chris Southby (Chris)]

I finally had a clear night in Canberra and had a go at my first galaxy and first attempt at prime focus photography. The image comprises of 18 x10sec exposures at 1600 ISO on an unmodded canon350D. Taken through a Skywatcher 8” newt on an unguided EQ5. I’ll have a good go at doing a proper polar alignment to get longer exposure times. Ten seconds was the best I could get without getting blurred stars.
Still learning I'm happy with this for a first go.

Any tips and constructive criticism will be welcome.

Cheers