M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy
  • Details
    Date Taken: 08/17/2012
    Location: My backyard observatory in Benton City, WA
    Telescope: Astro-Tech 72mm Apo Refractor
    Camera: Large chip
    Processing: Aligned and stacked with Pixinsight and final processing with photoshop CS2
    Exposure: LRGB of five-5 second, five-10 second, five-20 second, five-30 second, five-60 second, five-90 second, five-120 second, five-180 second and five-240 seconds for each filter.
    Other Equipment Used: Orion starshoot autoguider using the Orion EON 120mm Apo Refractor as the guide telescope