NGC1530 is an is an archetypical barred galaxy.

The image was taken in between the clouds. I actually wanted to take more luminance and rgb shots, but I simply didn't get enough time. Apart from the lack of color data, I'm quite pleased with the final result.

Processing was done in Registax, CCDSharp, and Photoshop CS3.

Luminance: 126 x 15 seconds with the b/w Vesta Pro 680k webcam (without any filters)
RGB: 8 x 20 seconds with the spc900nc webcam (with an uv/ir-block filter)

equipment used
Philips SPC900NC webcam - SC1
Meade Starfinder 10
Philips Vesta Pro 680k webcam - SC3 with b/w ICX424AL-E ccd