Well talk about plagued with problems, i had major issues with the DMK and PHD after an automatic update from Microsoft? Then when i finally got over that hurdle the power supply for the Cooled 40D was playing up - the cable got accidentally caught a while ago and my new one is on its way, but the haphazard way i got it to work for the past 2 months finally gave me extreme grief, as a result the cooling was on and off throughout the imaging run, and I also noticed that there is banding in the image. Its not the best image I have done, and it is certainly the very first image of M78 that i have done - it looks a pretty part of the sky and deserves a new imaging run real soon, but it might have to wait until next new moon as the weather isn't looking good for the rest of the week for us.
I dont think last nights seeing was all that good in Newcastle?
I really need to get the hyperstar going - but thats a brave step to waste the setup time on a more moon lit night
Anyway - here is the one, the only (version) M78 from the Doghouse Observatory for the 1/1/11