Thanks Chris,
I actually cropped this down too. Two reasons, one the field of view produced by the hyperstar lens and the DSLR sensor, creates some coma on the edge's, even with the edge HD optics, (I haven't done any prime focus imaging yet , Im guessing this is where the flat field optics kick in)
and Two,.... after checking the subs here at home I found that I had half the Trifid in the field of view as well. An astro photographer that knew what they were doing would have framed both nebula's and had a nice image...but not me
I'll try this again down the track.
Thanks for the tip re the iso , Ive got the CLS filter now too, so I should be able to crank it up a bit here at home too.
Your right, you were here for this one , I loved your advice about taking an hours worth of data and conquering the planet
cracked me up.
Cheers mate