M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
  • Details
    Date Taken: 10/22/2011
    Location: SDAA site @ Tierra Del Sol
    Telescope: Celestron Omni XLT 150 Newtonian with diy carbon fiber tube
    Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G
    Camera: Modified Canon 350D
    Exposure: 14 x 600sec @ ISO 800 per frame (7 hours total, this was a three frame mosaic)
    Other Equipment Used: Antares 8×50mm finder with Orion StarShoot Auto Guider
    Notes:

    guiding with PHD, captured with APT, stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, merged in Photoshop, processed in PixInsight and back to Photoshop for final color adjustment.


  • Photographer
    Dan W.