Thanks all
Yes the Horsehead needs several shots stacked. I only got one before onset of daylight. A drier morning will help too, was very moist.
The UHCS filter does seem to work better on some nebuale than others. Its not that good on blue only nebulae, best on nebulae with plenty of H alpha light in them. Im not sure what the Flame is, emission or reflection, or a bit of both.
Yes the old scope has only had one coat of paint in its life, way back in 1986. Looks like a well used rocket launcher hehehehe.
Heres links to bigger images
http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/baader/m42%20larger.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/baad...l_filtered.jpg (this one reprocessed with "Hot Pixels" to reduce noise a bit more
http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/hotpixels.htm
Scott