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M 31 on the 2nd of October
Moon set around 10.30 last night,last chance to do any sort of astrophotography testing.Wanted to try M31,this object really does not stay around long due to its northern aspect-even having a good view to north its only a wide hand span above horizen.Got all gear ready and guiding but as moon set-clouds rise!
Had a brief window to get 6 or 7 images at 4 minutes each.stacked in DSS with 5 darks,Played around in Cs 5.There is an artifact in image top right-due to the camera-used a Canon 450D,which really is pretty crappy for this sort of photography-but I no longer want to use the 50D for this sort of thing.So in future will lower the object and crop.This is my 4th go with DSS.So lots to learn.Camera on a 4 inch apo scope.Pleased to see the guiding issues have settled down.
Managed some good subs of NGC 104 after this (the clouds went),so will stack that another time.
Thanks for looking-Chris
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