Thanks for the reply. Yes, my budget is very tight. I blame it on the carbon tax! Ha Ha! I've noticed that Australia Telescopes have the Philips SPC900 webcam modified for long exposure for $160. Would this also be suitable for what I'm trying to achieve? . I'm not trying to achieve any stunning images as I realise with my scope and on my budget that's not possible. But I figure that since I can see M42 so well that if a webcam can collect enough images to stack and then enhance in Photoshop then I might be able to come up with something OK and that may even perhaps show some colour? There's not a great deal of light pollution where I live. I'm just really interested to see what I can do for a real low budget. Any advice is much appreciated.
Cheers
Larry