The night sky must be nice in Hahndorf. I've managed to take my LXD 75 10" up to the Flinders Ranges on a couple of occasions and the skies were pretty damn clear.
Not too bad in Hahndorf, some light pollution from town, nothing my Hutech filter can't handle!
Do you hang out with the Southern chapter of the South Astro club ? I've been meaning to give them a ring and hang out to learn from others ?
No, I'm purely a solitary backyarder!!
Yes I was planning to get a filter to clip onto my 18-55mm lens. Your results are bit concerning. Have you got any further with the problem ?
The clip in filter was returned to the dealer and I bought a 72mm equivalent which screws onto the front of my lens - works very well.
The Canon 18-55mm lens is an EF-S model as I recall, and I don't think you can use these clip in filters with EF-S lenses
Doug
