Ok... FINALLY got some clear sky, it's been raining up here for weeks which is why you all had to see pictures of churches and pumpkins.
I got the 6" out and snapped a few shots last night since this was the first chance I had. Of course, Orion was near the top of the list. I tried an image of Andromeda and the Pleiades, but the Orion pics worked out the best.
Here's one I took with a 50" exposure at ISO800. I did some post-processing in photoshop to cut down the noise.
Orion : Non stacked ~200k
Once I got back in I downloaded deepskystacker that some people recommended around here and gave it a shot. I basically threw in the 5 best images I had and was surprised at the result. This is the first time I ever used a stacking program, or for that matter took digital astrophotos at all. Very pleased with the results. As you can see from close in views, the focus was a bit off since there are small donuts instead of pinpoints, but overall not too bad for a first try.
Orion : Stacked ~400k
Enjoy! Hopefully my skills will improve a bit with more opportunities at a clear sky.
I hosted the images on my own webspace since I could make em slightly bigger than allowed here. hehe
-TK
