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M101 the Pinwheel galaxy
M51 the Whirlpool galaxy
The Leo Triplet
M3 Globular Cluster
M82 The Cigar Galaxy
M81 Bode's Galaxy and M82 The Cigar Galaxy
M37 Open Cluster
M5 Globular Cluster
M31 Andrameda Galaxy
M45 Pleiades Cluster
M82 (Cigar Galaxy)
February 20th, 2006
Orion 9.25 SCT -> Digital Rebel XT prime focus
Losmandy GM-8
24x30sec shots at ISO 1600 (Dark Applied)
I'm happy with this one. I tried for its companion M81, but it just got washed out with the haze of bad transparency.
Again, the color looks pretty good in the 9.25" SCT.