M39 open cluster in Cygnus. Taken Oct 30, 2010 with 105mm A&M apo refractor at f/5 with Borg .85x flattener/reducer and Canon 5DMkII at ISO 800 for stack of 5 x 10 minute exposures, Median combined. Used Celestron CGEM mount and NexGuider on William Optics 66mm guidescope. All seemed to work well.
Cocoon Nebula area with M39 to the right and NGC 7209 to the left; with dark nebula B168 between Cocoon and M39. Taken Sept. 13, 2007 for stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures with 135mm L-series lens at f/2.8 and Canon 20Da camera at ISO 800.
Open cluster M41 in Canis Major, below Sirius. Little nebula at left is Sharpless 2-301. This is a stack of 3 x 2 minute exposures in hazy skies with Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and Canon 135mm lens at f/2.8. Taken January 6, 2011. Field of view simulates binocular field.
