I am avoiding marking the assignments from hell so I thought I would have a crack at processing this image.
Taken through my W/O Flt 110 with unmod Canon 400d guided with Phd guideng. Image is 7 x 12 min Lights, 3 x 12 Min darks with flats and bias frames. I had aimed for 12 shots but came back at the end and after the 7th shot my guiding went haywire. ISO 800. Stacked using DSS and processing in Photoshop cs3. I'venever shot this image let alone processed it so all comments welcome.
Looks great to me Mark. I have imaged a smaller area of this object and have hours worth of data that truly doesn't add a thing compared to yours. You are correct, you dont see this one much, its low down nearer the horizon position makes it not accessible unless one has a really clear northern aspect. In a lot of suburban setups that are at best a compromise the northerly aspect is not a great consideration and especially that low. I wish I had the same area of sky to the south available as I have to the north.
Thank you all. I'm really happy with it. As I recall my scope was on the west side of my mount and was approaching horizontal when I started. I did not want to do a flip so just kept going with my fingers crossed. When I came back after 12 x 12 minute shots my scope was approx 30 degrees below the horizontal and my tracking was not happy hence only 7 good shots. The northern aspect at Astrofest was clear and very low as was the rest of the compass points. Have fun and good shooting.
