Moon 1.23.13

I wasn't going to image at all, just work on my polar alignment, but the wind/seeing made it impossible, so what the heck, try the moon anyway.
Meade LX3 10" SCT .63 Focal Reducer
Canon XS
Best 750 of 4000 frames, Captured with EOS Mov Rec, Stacked in AutoStakert, Wavelets in Registax and Final Adjustments in Photoshop

M81/82

M81 and M82 are 12 million light years away, and that's real close as far as galaxies go.
 In the Big Dipper, so they are visible almost all year.
ST80, Canon XS -76 subs @ 90 sec
 Full version:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/30510/?mod=none

Orion and Running man Composite

250 subs @ 90 sec for the widefield using the ST80 and 76 subs @ 30 sec using the 10" SCT for the core.
 The blending came out pretty good, bit of a challenge to layer it in correctly.
Stacked in DSS processied in StarTools and layer masks in Photoshop.
Full version here:
http://www.astrobin.com/30594/

Timelapse through the skylight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvywYwwAbHA

4 hours of 30 second exposures, tripod no tracking, 22-55mm lens set to 22mm F 5.6

01/07/13 Comet C/2012 K25 Linear

3 hours of 90 second subs
Orion ST80
Canon XS
 Movie of 85 frames here:
 Youtube animation of 3 hours

01/03/13

1st image of the year Horsehead and Flame Nebulas in the constellation Orion
 Orion ST 80
 Canon XS
 Piggybacked on LX3
 163 exposures @ 90 seconds over 2 nights, darks and flats