Hello!
I have imaged the Beehive cluster, M44, doing 118x60" shots with the 50mm lens, uncalibrated, processed with Iris and PS:
I should've taken darks, but the result is not too shabby. Here's a crop:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siovene...43511/sizes/l/
The most amazing thing, there's a tiny galaxy right behind M44,magnitude 15.2. Here's the magnification:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siovene...11124/sizes/l/
Just marvel at the high resolution reached with a simple 50mm lens! You can resolve individual stars of that galaxy!
Here's the galaxy as it appears in the DSS2 survey:
click here.
Greetings from Winterland,
Salva.