Sunflower from 2nd May...

[RobertM]

This didn't turn out at all well compared with M51 on the same night but I thought I'd post it anyway.   Before people ask, the details are in the Gallery.

http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/displayimage-450.html

I didn't realise what a difficult target it was till I took the first sub.

[Ian]

I'd be happy with that.

Bit of a trim and a flat frame if you've got one would help too

[JohnP]

Looks bloody good to me  - a great shot on a very difficult target - John

[MarkS]

Very nice Robert - what an interesting looking galaxy!

[RobertM]

JP, thanks for the comment.

Ian, it was calibrated with the average of 30 flats, I think the gradient is courtesy of the nearby Street lamps.

[Ian]

ah, the joys of suburban imaging

I think there's a technique regarding synthetic flats to get rid of that sort of gradient, but as John says, fantastic image

[Rocket Pooch]

wow thats nice!

[Fay]

Robert, what can I say, a smashing image!!!

[RobertM]

Thanks everyone, should have a few more to post soon.

Fay, I did say I though that binning wasn't necessary but I can see sense to it for capturing areas with low surface brightness and detail as 2x2 gives four times the sensitivity.  I'm trying a combination of binned 2x2 and 1x1 to see whether there's any benefit with my setup.