With M43 de Mairan's Nebula and NGC 1977 Running Man Nebula

Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm APO @ 300mm, f/6.3
Exposure: 13x8s=1.7min @ ISO800
Mount: ETX-90EC polar aligned
Processing: Dark, flat and bias calibration, alignment, stacking and digital development in IP 2.0.
Levels, curves, skyglow and noise removal in Photoshop CS with Neat Image. Image cropped.