Still haven't decided on a flattener Matty, I'm considering the WO 0.8x reducer/flattener v3 or the Televue RDF2008 0.8x flattener... One of the two...
the m20 is the pick of the bunch, i always find these objects in a crowded starfield difficult, you have some nice star colors showing through to give it character
must have been up early for m45, it hasnt hit the meridian before its light.
Gaud Alex, WHAT are you doing . That 1st M20 had flourescent pink as the only colour . The repro save yr ass..............a bit, but still looks a little washed out .
JJJ... It was hard to decide what to shoot.... M45 was a good choice though I think.. seeing as I've never imaged it too..
Fred : The field is definitely not as tight as you would like (or me for that matter!!) The first M20 was atrocious, Im actually embarrassed now that I posted it.. However I do think I came back!
Thanks Les.. Yea the M45 shot is growing on me actually... I still think I can do a better job of processing it... if we get some clouds during the week I'll have another go at it!
yep between a bottle of rum, no sleep and my extremely dim laptop screen, the first m20 was horrible. I should have checked it on my desktop first.. I think the second is much much better. Maybe even one of my best shots to date.. Hard to say.. But i like it!
Thanks Mate... I have had a few goes at M45 before using shorter, unguided exposures, and never managed to get the nebulosity... This time around I managed to get quite a bit of it, although before the season is over I can guarantee I'll revisit this one with 10~15min exposures..
I think we were all a bit past our best by this hour of the morning Alex, but glad we stayed up. The fog was getting pretty treacherous towards the end, so I wouldn't go too hard on yourself re dew.
M45 still turned out nicely.
. That 1st M20 had flourescent pink as the only colour 
. The repro save yr ass..............a bit, but still looks a little washed out 
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