I’ve had a chance to run the Orion Nebula shots through some panorama software to automate the stitching and blending and I have to say I’m very happy with the results. I was not able to add a further set of images taken the following night, but here’s the result anyway:

Click on the image to see a larger version The Great Orion Nebula M42 & M43

I’ve had to wait until nearly 1am for the M81 & M82 Galaxies to cross the meridian, but it was well worth the wait.

M81 Bode’s Galaxy in Ursa Major 30x60seconds

M82 The Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major 28x60s + 7x120s

And here are a few more images from the same session:

NGC2403 Galaxy in Camellopardalis 18×60 seconds

NGC7023 The Iris Nebula in Cepheus 31×60 seconds

NGC7635 The Bubble Nebula 34×60 seconds

I keep returning to the Bubble but can’t seem to get a more defined shape to it.

All images are unguided, Scope=254mm Newtonian, 1200mm F/L, Atik 16ic Camera, EQ6-Pro, EQMOD