M57 the Ring Nebula

I was playing getting 'Astro Tortilla' up and running (another software package for platesolving images) and was looking for something to image. Came up with the Ring nebula and took the following image

15 images @ 2 minutes each. ISO 800 with modified Canon 350d. 10 inch newtonian scope on a EQ6 mount, guided image.
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, with post processing in StarTools V3.

A couple solar attempts

I finally got a chance to play with my Lunt LS35T solar scope. I tried a couple different cameras before finally having some success with a Meade DSI IIc color imager. One of the images I changed to gray scale just to bring in more detail, the other I played with the colors to make the sun yellow/orange just for the 'effect'. Focus is the most difficult part as you are outside in the bright sunlight, trying to see the image on a computer screen. I will work on that a bit more the next time out as both of these are just a bit out of focus. I was still able to pull out a few of the prominences along with a bit of the granularity on the surface in both images. .001 exposure time on both.

Jupiter

I decided to give Jupiter a shot last night. With the scope setup I have, planets normally come out very small, and when you attempt to scale them up things get fuzzy and normally don't come out with much detail. However this one came out pretty good.

NGC281 The Pacman Nebula

I got the coma corrector dialed in and I'm now experimenting with Deep Sky Stacker. Very happy with the results so far.

from Wikipedia:
NGC 281 is an H II region in the constellation of Cassiopeia and part of the Perseus Spiral Arm. It includes the open cluster IC 1590, the multiple star HD 5005, and several Bok globules. Colloquially, NGC 281 is also known as the Pacman Nebula for its resemblance to the video game character.
The nebula was discovered in August 1883 by E. E. Barnard, who described it as "a large faint nebula, very diffuse." The multiple star HD 5005, also called , was discovered by S. W. Burnham. It consists of an 8th-magnitude primary with four companions at distances between 1.4 and 15.7 seconds of arc. There has been no appreciable change in this quintuple system since the first measurements were made in 1875.
The nebula is visible in amateur telescopes from dark sky locations.

Scope: Skywatcher 254N
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-g
guided
exp: 15 @ 5min
camera: Canon 350d (modified)

M31 with new coma corrector

This was mostly an experiment image. I was testing my new GSO coma corrector and also decided to play with the Deep Sky Stacker software. I found both to work very well on this image.

Scope: SW254N
Mount: Atlas EQ-g
Guided
Camera: Canon 350d (modified)
12 each 2 min ISO 800 images
10 darks
20 flats
captured in Nebulosity 3
Stacked in DSS
Post processed in StarTools v3

Neptune

I was playing with some new tools the other night and wanted to take an image of something. However this was the same night as the 'blue moon' which was going to wipe out any Deep Sky stuff. So I spotted Neptune and snapped off 20 two minute images using ISO 800. I was also using a new tool while guiding so was looking for the image stability (no elongated stars.). Here's the result:

NGC6960 Witches Broom

I took a bit of extra time the other night to attempt the Western Veil nebula (NGC6960 aka The Witches Broom). 15 images @ 5 minutes each ISO 1600 using the Canon 350d (modified). The processing was a little tough because of the star in the middle of the nebula. I pretty happy with the end results however.

From Wikipedia:
The Western Veil (also known as Caldwell 34), consisting of NGC 6960 (the "Witch's Broom", "Finger of God",^[5] or "Filamentary Nebula"^[5]) near the foreground star 52 Cygni;