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I managed to shoot 2 targets(actually way more than 2) last night, problem is that not the one I planned. Here are M44 aka Beehive Cluster on one image and M46 and M47 along with Collinder 155 and Collinder 156 on another. Shot with Canon EOS T3i, 135mm lens at F/4 and ISO 800. Total integration for M44 is about 40 min, M47 is about 10 min. #astropic
That session taught how much light pollution kills astrophotography. Try navigating star-field without seeing any stars in DSLR preview, basically you make adjustments to where you think your target is, then take a test shot, rinse and repeat. Then once you are done you trying to plate-solve it to confirm that you got framing right and at that time you see like your target is already behind some object nearby. Yeah I know people designed go to mounts and so on, but manual stuff is so much fun.