NGC3190 galaxy cluster group

I decided to try for this magnificent galaxy cluster grouping:

SW 254N
EQ6
guided
13 each 2 min @ ISO800
Canon 350d

M1 the Crab Nebula

We finally had a clear night with no moon. I've been doing quite a few software updates and changing my method of taking flats so I've been anxious to get back out and try new things. I've gone from using the AV setting on the camera to taking M settings and making sure the medium ADU is 20,000 to 25,000. My flats weren't taking out all of the 'dust motes' previously. Things went well and it appears my new method of taking flats worked great! Here's the image I took last night of M1.

Scope: SW254N
Mount: Orion Atlas
guided
15 each 2 min @ ISO800
Canon 350d (modified)
Stacked via DSS
post processed using StarTools

M42 Orion Nebula

High enough in the sky now to clear the top of the light pollution dome in my area, I decided to capture an old favorite.

Scope: SkyWatcher 254N (10 inch Newtonian)
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ g
Guided: SSAG / 50 mm guider finder
Preprocessed in Deep Sky Stacker
Post processed using StarTools V1.3
29 each 1 minute images flats, darks, bias applied
Captured 1-21-13 using a modified Canon 350d (XT)

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)