So after I got my first imaging scope (the eQuinox 2 named Jeffrey), the obvious challenge was to acquire images of the entire Messier catalog.
But there were some stumbles and evolution. First I didn't archive my raw frames for several months - oops. So I was stuck with the default stretched images that fell out of the app (which are OK given all the things the app is trying to do, but can't deliver everything contained in the image stack). By the time I got around to that all the summer objects were behind the Sun.
Then there's the problem that the larger objects aren't suited to the eQuinox's FOV. So enter scope #2 (Elusippe) the Seestar in March. :-) This set up a nice/convenient division of labor - both in terms of the FOV options, and also letting each scope concentrate on the types of objects they're especially good at (the S50 is fantastic for emission nebulae, and star clusters; the eQuinox 2 is better for smaller objects, and galaxies; both with notable exceptions, of course).
The other BIG PROBLEM is my impatience. :-) I want to see EVERYTHING, so having two scopes I can be a little more patient.
I finally, wrapped around the sky in June 2024, getting the last "missing Messier" objects on the list, and then spent the Summer/Fall redoing several (there are still a few I want to re-redo now that the S50 can do mosaics).
Meanwhile I'm also tackling the Caldwell catalog (at least down to C 72 - BARELY - got about 10 more to do), and have started working on the Herschel 400. Telescope #3 (Ernestine the S30 - all the scopes are named after great-grandparents - so I can get 4-5 more, right?) is intended to handle the "OK just look at 1 or 2 things over a night and get some larger image stacks" problem.
Having all these imaging scopes, I've sort-of got the local reputation of "the guy with the telescope fleet" :-) and have given a few public lectures on smart scopes and trying to do more public outreach with them.
ANYway, you can check out all the images in my personal album:
app.php/gallery/album/439
Isn't this fun? :-)