The sword of Orion and M42 - The Great Nebula of Orion
After a good discussion with Les Rackham about balancing setups I tried a few new ideas last night, which didn't go as well as I would have liked. Still they pointed me to some refinements and further ideas which I will trial later.
I did capture some data though (50 x 5 second exposures at F8 1500 ISO on my Canon 80D with a 70-200 f2.8 L lens) which I merged in ASTAP and then processed in Adobe Photoshop. The shorter exposures was to try and avoid the clipping of the brighter stars in the centre.
There were issues including some teething issues with the mounting and a constant wind. But I am quite surprised at the final image. There are lots of things I can improve from here which is promising.