Bode's Nebula - Messier 81

Almost 3 hours of data! 167 x 60 s subs, plus flats , bias and darks. Still using the ST80 though, unfortunately, plus the murky night  with a half moon meant I also used the UHC filter. I NEED to get a better imaging telescope, the purple fringed stars are NOT pretty!

Beside Messier 81, there is M82 (Cigar Galaxy) and NGC 3077

Messier 101

More from the ST80. I am toying with the idea of getting a Skywatcher 150 dps, which would give me a bit more magnification than the 130 but still be fine for the CG GT5 mount. I could then go back to guiding and longer exposures. This image of Messier 101 is based on 150 45 second subs, but during the session, the image travelled about a third of the field of view... I think this is the reason the flats have appeared to 'not have worked' - the FOV  of the flats is not the same as the stacked images.

There was quite a lot of light pollution, a moon plus somewhat hazy skies..all things considered not a bad image for an £80 telescope!

Horsehead

Still persevering with the ST80.  I took around two hour worth of 60 second subs and made do with the old darks, flats and bias, to capture this version of the Horsehead Nebula in Orion:

I need to start using filters, the head is very muzzy!