Thanks guys. I think it is your encouragments to keep me going!!. I started all these alittle over a month ago and now im really addicted to it. my brain is overcramp with astro information. have to get that accurate polar aligment stop my laziness. ill give it ago at it tonight. Was quite hard for me to find the octan's.
Will do Adam, next time ill start stacking the images. i think i rush into things.
Thanks Steve. it was more a trial and error just to point my tele to it and a fluke! i keep taking long expo's images around the place (heaps) until i saw abit of fuzz from the galaxy swirls. arhh the satisfy feeling