Object

M57

Telescope

Celestron NexStar SE 8

Focal length

2032mm

Filters

IR block filter

Camera

Philips SPC900NC SC1 (long exposure mod)

Exposure

15x10s

Capturing Software

K3CCDTools3 3.5.10.1082

Stacking Software

Registax 5.0.2.8

Atmospheric conditions

Seeing: 5 of 10 (Pickering), Transparency: medium (humid), Darkness: illuminated by city lights

Location

Aschaffenburg, Germany

Object

M57

Telescope

Celestron NexStar SE 8

Focal length

2032mm

Filters

IR block filter

Camera

Philips SPC900NC SC1 (long exposure mod)

Exposure

8x30s

Capturing Software

K3CCDTools3 3.5.10.1082

Stacking Software

Registax 5.0.2.8

Atmospheric conditions

Seeing: 5 of 10 (Pickering), Transparency: medium (humid), Darkness: illuminated by city lights

Location

Aschaffenburg, Germany

This is a crop of the image I have taken of M42. It shows the trapezium (Theta 1 Orionis).
My first shot of M42 (Orion Nebula): M42 (Orion Nebula)
So the image is indeed much better than I have thought. The trapezium stars are easily resolved.

Object

M42 (Orion Nebula)

Telescope

Celestron NexStar SE 8

Focal length

1016mm (0.5 focal reducer)

Filters

IR block

Camera

Philips SPC900NC SC1 (long exposure mod)

Exposure

16x15s (only 2 pictures usable due to clouds). No dark frame taken (I simply forgot to take one :-( ).

Capturing Software

K3CCDTools3 3.5.10.1082

Stacking Software

Giotto 2.12