Andromeda M31

Got a chance to have a go at M31 again tonight,and tried black and white shots.This time took some darks and flats, and i can see the difference they are making.Almost no noise and absolutelly delighted with the end result.
As usual i am suffering because of the field flattener but hopefully i will order a proper one next week.

www.flickr.com/photos/68202745@N08/8010716136/in/photostream

That is sweet!

Awesome work, Nerro.

What gear did you use?


I had a go at Andromeda last night, got 5 somewhat usable shots. There's a street light flooding my back garden and I can't see north to polar-align the mount but I think I got a reasonable image from five 20 sec exposures at ISO800.

LXD-75 + SN-10 + eos500D


Nowhere near the detail of yours but it's the best outcome I've had to date.

Thanks guys.
I was using the folowing set up :
Mount : NEQ6 Pro
OTA : Ascession 80mm triplet APO
Camera : Nikon D5000
Guider : LVI SG
Exposure :
8x6min ISO 640
Darks x6
Flats x10

martinus wrote: Awesome work, Nerro.

What gear did you use?


I had a go at Andromeda last night, got 5 somewhat usable shots. There's a street light flooding my back garden and I can't see north to polar-align the mount but I think I got a reasonable image from five 20 sec exposures at ISO800.

LXD-75 + SN-10 + eos500D

Nowhere near the detail of yours but it's the best outcome I've had to date.

Thats a nice image martinus.Even @ 20sec exosures you managed to get some detail in dust clouds! Plus it was in your back garden where i had to travel outside Dublin...The light polution is imposible latelly

Thanks, I was very pleased to get that kind of detail. I wish the mount could track for 6 minutes.

I've been playing with the Atik 16HR I picked up from David a while back but haven't really got it to play nice under linux yet. With a little luck it will be good to go as the longer nights roll in and I can eak out more of those lovely dust trails.

I am doomed to Belfast living for at least a few months though so that will be the main limitation.