I have been itching to image this ever since I got my astrophotography setup about 4 months ago. Critique is welcome.
31/08/2011
3:30AM
Canon 1000D unmodified
10" F/4 Newtonian
NEQ6 Pro Mount
Baader Coma Corrector
80mm Orion ShortTube Guidescope
Synguider Autoguider
20 X 3 minute exposures
plus 10 X 30 seconds exposures for the core
ISO 400
Dark Frames subtracted (20 X 3min plus 10 X 30 seconds)
Images stacked and alligned in Deep Sky Stacker
Final processing in Photoshop Elements 8.0