Last shot from that night, 3rd attempt M10

Well, here is the last shot from that night after processing in CS2.
20sec and about 30 exposures or so stacked. Hope you approve.

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Not bad at all, my friend... even though your FOCUS seems a bit too soft.. not quite ON THE SPOT. (but don't despair... you'll get it soon enough!)
FOCUSING is probably the most critical & frustrating part of the hobby... practice makes perfection, so keep at it! 8)


Thanks for sharing, and don't stop trying!

Hi Floyd. Nice image there. I'm sure you can get a tighter focus with your good equipment, but it takes loads of time. I think focus is the most critical part of the whole operation. How are you doing your focusing? Are you doing it by hand? With software? By eye? Let us know and perhaps we can help. Keep those images coming!
Cheers,
Tyler

Floyd,

As everyone else has mentioned, focus is key. Ron Wodaski in his book on imaging devoted an entire chapter to the topic of focus. This and the mount are the two key issues behind CCD imaging. Nice start, though!

And BTW, you can reduce the stars using a Median or Minimum filter in PS.

Eric