The images below are on the edge of the light pollution and are at the limits of the capabilities of the camera and the image processing process to extract the image from the background wash of unwanted light as well as the resolution ranges of the cameras. The first is NGC2403 which spends most of its time on my visible horizon and deep in the local light pollution. The image shows a pair of images , one being taken with the DSI color camera and the other with the Canon EOS350D using a 12 inch LX200 at F6.3. The canon images were 8 minutes while the DSI images were 2 minutes in length. Ten images being taken for the Canon and 26 for the DSI.

This the little dumbell as seen by the 12 inch LX200 and the canon Eos350D..The point here is seing the real dumbell as most seen is the brighter core not the spheroidal true shape.

This is Mars in February 2008 as seen by the 12 inch lx200 with the Toucam using a Meade 2X barlow the planetary illumination is changing now to being side lit . Even at Seven metres of focal length the image is very small on the imaging chip surface and does not cover many pixels. This for me is on the boundaries of the system resolution and I will have to wait for another two years to get another go.