Andromeda

[gypsy (Mick)]

Hi All
My best attempt at Andromeda so far
and I’m SOOOO happy with it
280 subs 25sec ISO 1600 F5/6
lens at 300mm but image is cropped a lot
also used darks flats and bias calibration files
processed in Photoshop
also used Starnet++ and Topaz denoise

taken with my Nikon D850 Tamron 150-600 G2 lens
and star adventure 2i Pro star tracker
while I have spent a lot of time on processing (prob over done)
it shows you can get pretty good results with a star tracker

kind regards
mick

[xelasnave]

Fantastic result ..you can be very proud of such a great image.
well done.
alex

[AstroViking (Steve)]

+Applause+
Well done, that's a ripper of an image and one you can be proud of.

[oska (John)]

You should be Mick that's a beauty

[Crater101 (Warren)]

I think those results have gone beyond "pretty good".
Superb imaging.

[Dave882 (David)]

Beautiful shot. Well done!

[Wilsil (Wilco)]

That's a great image

[Mickoid (Michael)]

Fantastic result Mick, drove through Waroona yesterday on the way back to Perth Airport. Seems like a great dark sky location with plenty of large open areas away from bushland for clear sky views. I'm envious!

[gypsy (Mick)]

Thanks for all the kind comments, Guys

Michael
yea in waroona Its bortle class 4 skys but drive around 20 mins towards the coast and get class 3 and even down to class 2 skys
my Andromeda image was taken in darker skys north of Kalgoorlie as down here im competing with a large light dome to the north
Kind Regards
Mick

[carlstronomy (Carl)]

Really nice image, the depth in the image looks super nice.

Great work

[Pepper (Steve)]

Nice one. I can’t ever see this for the hill near my place.

[Millsy (Andrew)]

Great pic.. I came back from a holiday in Canada Oct and Andromeda was nice and high.. Reacon yours is better than mine.. I had a 200mm Canon Lense but also an ASI 294MC pro on a Sky Guider.. Was happy to just get a decent image..

[Doogs38 (Alex)]

Great image, Mick. This is one of those 'things' where it seems crazy that another galaxy is literally in our celestial backyard. In fact, Andromeda and the Milky Way are probably already influencing each other. Can't wait to get an image of M31 when I move north to Brisbane, and also get a scope with a shorter focal length! Alex