Date Taken: 02/24/2016
Location: Backyard Oakdale, Louisiana
Telescope: Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph Reflector Telescope
Mount: Orion SkyView Pro Equatorial Telescope Mount
Other Camera: Nikon D3000 dslr
Processing: Deep Sky Tracker, Gimp, Photoscape
Exposure: 40X30 Sec
Notes: I enjoy doing astrophotography using basic minimal equipment and keeping the expense and the learning curve as low as possible. My goal from the start has been to show that this can be done economically.