Worked out how to get the stars to show on DMK51, set the gamma to 150 and adjusted the exposure times to about 10 -20 seconds, Using a 26mm Kern Swiss lens I captured a few frames to expose the Magellanic clouds. Looking good for some of the brighter comets.
update 20130122 - further efforts to push the noise out and stars forward shows 47 Tuc using ED80mm and DMK51. Used imageJ to lower noise values.