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Kieran, It has still come out very well, the flame nebula is very good also. For the pixels, you could try this free program:

www.mediachance.com/digicam/hotpixels.htm

Keith..

Even with the hot pixels (and there are not that many), it is still a really nice image Kieran, well done! What is your WO 66SD? is that a 66mm refractor? And, out of curiosity, how long have you been doing the astrophotography? I ask because, we have not seen many images from you, so, presuming you are a newbie to the area, this attempt is really good! And, the beauty at the centre of your image made me not notice the sausages you mentioned until I re-read your post about them!



Seanie.

Dave,

This was the first attempt with H alpha and I have noticed that as you stack the images you tend to get more and more background mottling. I think narrow band filter imaging may be a completely different art than RGB.

Seanie

I started imaging in September last year when I moved to a dark site. I had the scope and an SXV M7C when I lived in Belfast but with the light pollution it was a complete waste of time so I spent my time reading up on imaging techniques and processing. I still have a BIG waste bin of images that went wrong.

Keith

Cheers I will check it out

I was out tonight and it is Baltic temperatures with the wind. I tried M45

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and then I went on to M33 but my jinx came back and half way through the green imaging a rain shower came in so all equipment came inside and I am now too warm to go back out.

Kieran

I was out too, the wind was freezing :shock:

That's a fine M45 shot Kieran!!

Keith..

Kieran - that's an excellent shot. You must have pretty good sky conditions.