Disappointing Attempt

Overall it was an unsuccessful night. Instead of placing the F/3.3 focal reducer before the Meade microfocuser I put it after and used a 1.25" eyepiece holder for the CCD camera.

The results? Not good. I am not sure whether or not that caused my images to be less bright.

I also had focus and alignment problems. Regardless, here are a few samples.

Very poor galaxy image.

M51

Both images are consist of stacked frames and a dark image.