Looks as if the photo star shoot tonight is a bust...
I noticed around 11:15pm that the sky was starting to look washed out a bit ( from some haze in the air ). The stars were pretty steady still, but if you can't get any contrast, dim objects just don't look as good. I did go ahead and grab some shots of the
orion Nebula again just to give it a go, but after the stacking and processing was completed, it wasn't as nice as the last one I got last month.
I'll see how things turn out next weekend and try then. Otherwise it's another month before I'll get a good shot of the ones I'd planned on trying to get this evening. In reality, it's earlier than optimum for the one I'm really wanting to get anyway... the Great Hercules Cluster should be best around May.