2023 07 12T06.42.57 dumbell

9.25 SCT, ZWO ASI678MC Color, Meade 6.3 reducer, IR cutoff filter, 100x 20sec subs, darks but no flats, probably overexposed. I am told the diagonal line noise is "walking noise" because I forgot to dither! There is always next time! Used Deep Sky Stacker and stretched the image with Siril.
BUT THIS IS My first DSO ever!
Same setup I now use for planetary but picked up a reducer and figured I would try and shoot a deep sky image. OMG it was hard just to get the tiny sensor on it, but the magic ASTAP plate solving SW works wonders. Credit goes to them not me.
Yes stars aren't great. Yes, I probably need to collimate my SCT.