M31 from 38 degrees south

[casstony]

Here's my effort - only 8x5 minutes between building and trees and just above the power lines - right on the limit of how far north I can get from my backyard, but a lot of fun to give it try

TS115, D5600

[Mickoid (Michael)]

Good effort Tony, you win! Furthest southerly capture of this now popular target. Anyone from Tassie willing to try?

[ChrisV (Chris)]

Excellent effort. I can appreciate now as its half the integration and way further south than my attempt.

[xelasnave]

Did you stand on a box or something.
Remarkable and pleasing result given your location and what seems a very short exposure.
Well done.
Alex

[casstony]

Hoping to get another 40 minutes tonight but it's going to be warm so I'm not sure how the camera will behave. I'm happy just to get a half decent image of such a spectacular object though.

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

Well it didn't take you long , the data looks good from the first session Tony.
40 to 50 mins was all I could manage at a time also.
Cheers,
Tony

[CalvinKlein (Kelvin)]

Blimey that's pretty good for only 40 minutes in Victoria !

[casstony]

Thanks guys. I doubled it to 80 minutes last night, giving a modest improvement to the galaxy and reduction in noise. Being so low on the horizon doesn't help to get detail but it's not bad at a glance.

Ambient temperature was around 20 degrees so I'm happy with the camera.

For the third act I might try the L-Enhance filter to show up the star forming regions.

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Not sure about using the L-Enhance for Galaxies, you would be better off using the L-Pro

[casstony]

I'll just give it a try and see what happens Nik

The L-Pro is similar to the IDAS D2 and other broadband filters and probably is best for smaller galaxies from the 'burbs.

I tried the L-Enhance on the SMC and it worked well and I'm guessing it might be interesting to try on M31 and M33: with their large apparent size there might be enough visible star forming regions to make an interesting image - or not