I had ordered the Askar FRA 400 in September and finally received it and the reducer in late January. I have been really excited for this scope and had wished I had pulled the trigger on it 1 week earlier last fall before it went on back order. The goal was to add the scope to the AVX to have a grab and go set up with a wide angle refractor either at 400 mm or 280 mm. 

None the less, I was really excited to to get first light with the scope reduced to 280 mm focal length with the 0.7 reducer. I was not disappointed! With all the data collection. The Combination of the flaming star, tadpole, and spider nebula seemed to be the perfect target to frame with this wide field refractor. 

I am not sure I like the final product, but I was aiming to get the flame nebula to appear as campfire illuminating a creeping spider along side a small lake side inlet with tadpoles. 

The Flaming Star Nebula is a diffuse hydrogen emission and reflection nebula in the Milky Way. Approximately 1,500 light years from earth, the nebula located in the Constellation of Auriga. The main star at the center of the image is AE Auriga irradiation of surrounding hydrogen gas causes the deep red emission. The nebula measures approximately 5 light years across.

The tadpole nebula, C 410, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Auriga surrounded by an area of hydrogen and oxygen gas NGC 1893. Located approximately 12,400 light years away. The main interest of the phot is the two tadpole appearing formation in the top right of the nebula.. These are suspected cooler areas of gas where active stellar nursing is birthing new stars. The bright central stars of the cluster are irradiating the head of the tadpoles while the solar winds morph the dark area behind into these shapes. These areas are ideal for new star formation as the cold gas coalesces together. Each tadpole is an estimated 10 light years long.

The spider Nebula (IC 417) is located in the constellation of Auriga about 10K light years from earth. It is part of a large HII region. I was pleasantly pleased with Ha and as well as the S2 signal around the main nebula.

Personal Critique and Work to be done:
1 ) When I reduced and stretched the stars it left the large stars very circumscribed and give an artificial appearance. I may go back to previous version and exchange out some of the large stars. 
2) While I only did a little background neutralization, feel that it took out too much on the lower left corner. I may do a complete redo edit and see what happens.
3) I am curious about use a new dual narrow band filter for both HA and O3 to had a luminance 2.3um 1x1 to had detail or just go with a straight luminance add to the area.