M42 and Rosette

Both of these taken using a Baader UHC-S filter instead of th Astronomik CLS clip filter.

M42 16 Jan 2012

Hi All, what a difference shooting in RAW and taking darks can make!

M42

Sadly due to meridian flip I got this one misaligned. Taken same night as the Horsehead below, also only jpegs.

12x 3.5 mins at ISO 800

Still some nice detail there though.

Horsehead and Flame

Here is my latest attempt at these. Unfortunately my camera somehow got turned on to jpeg only mode so no raws taken and my battery failed before I could do any dark frames.

30x 3.5 mins at ISO 800