Deep Sky Images taken with a modified Digital Rebel through 20 inch Starmaster Alt-Az Dobsonian with GOTO Skytracker and autoguided using a modified Logitech Fusion webcam. A Denkmeier 2 inch OCS was used to reach focus. No infrared block filter was used. All images were taken using ISO 1600 and are full frame:

M76 - The Little Dumbbell Planetary Nebula - Stack of nineteen 1-minute exposures:

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M1 Crab Nebula - Stack of eight 2-minute and seven 1-minute exposures:

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IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula (portion) - Stack of seven 90-second exposures:

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M45 - Pleiades Star Cluster (portion) - Stack of eleven 1-minute exposures:

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Field Photos:

Mark and his 11 inch Celestron...first time at Cherry Springs....redundant notebooks:

Looking North:

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Infrared Canon Digital Rebel 300D camera and infrared digital camera with infrared filter for infrared photography