Remembering back to when I first started dabbling in astrophotography I remember all to well the frozen fingers, uncomfortable sitting positions, difficulty finding a guide star, even more difficulty guiding and (shudder) those long exposures it took to get enough photons from those faint fuzzies to register on the film. And now it's so much easier (albeit at a higher cost). Specifically I'm referring to tonight's play time with my brand new, self guiding, imager. Sitting warm and cozy in my library I pushed a few buttons and 10 minutes later the following picture of M-95 appeared on the monitor: http://www.trilobyte.net/paw/temp/M9510MIN.JPG Or if you'd like the FITS image so you can play with it yourself: http://www.trilobyte.net/paw/temp/M9510MIN.FIT Note that these are just as they came out of the camera. No flat field, no Photoshop. Just the raw image shot through the C14 at f/11 (3,900 mm focal length). Patrick