M57 the Ring Nebula

I have been doing some major mount alignment, getting it dialed in so the autoguider doesn't have to do quite so much work. I have started using PHD to fine tune the polar alignment and also have changed the position of my OTA so as to help eliminate some of the weight issues. Last night I finally got things dialed in so figured I would attempt to image something. Here's a 16 minute (8 x 2 min)  guided image using my Canon XT (unmodified). I used my doghouse flat panel to take my flats, this time I used the 5 led tap light to illuminate the panel. Very little post processing was done to this image so I'm really happy about how things are working now.