Thread: M31 - Astrofest
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Old 02-09-2013, 08:59 PM
Garbz (Chris)
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M31 - Astrofest

This was one of my goals for Astrofest. I can see M31 from Brisbane but I look straight through light pollution up north so my last multiple hour attempt barely produced anything other than a small glow in the core.

About 3.5 hours of data with 8min subs taken on a D800. Unfortunately there had to be one cursed problem for me at astrofest and that's my 3.5 hours were taken at f/2.8 and my 80-200mm lens has horrendous coma not to mention chromatic aberration. Oh and my exposures were a tad long so the core is blown out too.

Anyway still a much better picture than my attempts from Brisbane.
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