Quick! it's clear...

well, it was last night.
Managed to bag a few deepsky objects using my Takahashi. Here is the first M45; 51Min worth of 30sec subs, darks,flats & bias applied. Processed in DSS and CS5:-

And here is the Perseus double open cluster NGC 884 & NGC 869.

Also NGC752, to the right are a high number of galaxies, but they wouldn't be seen in this almost test frame of only 17 x 30sec frames. Bah!

M31 with more data.

I was out again last night to capture some more data for M31. This image a 2hour 34min in total, taken from 30sec subs. Darks, flats and bias applied.
Still not sure about the colour, looks a bit monochromatic green to me.

Since my scope was reaching the edge of the shed imaging M31... and everything comes to an abrupt end. I thought I'd finish off the night with an easy target.
The double cluster in Perseus, NGC 869 and NGC 884.

There's so many stars in this region :-o

Double Cluster in Perseus 7th Oct 2008 (Work in progress)

After watching "The Sky at Night" I thought I'd give the Double Cluster in Perseus a go. Here's 21 x 30 sec frames.
More to follow.