Finally, some dark sky..... and working kit!!!

Last night, I finally had chance to get some photography done.  Its been a LONG time since I had chance for a good session.  I've had issues with the Laptop breaking, and then the other night, the Guide Camera was being, a pain... to put it mildly.

Anyway, I wanted to shoot something a bit faint, and small, so I could practice a few skills and just see what happens, so I chose M27, the Dumbbell Nebula.

15x300 Second shot... (but lost one, due to a gust of wind!)
20 Bias Shots
19 Flat Frames (I need to learn how to do these properly still!

And after stacking them and processing in Photoshop, I'm happy with the result!
Hope you like it too!

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