M31 - First night with new gear (Jake Stewart)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Andromeda (And) · Contains: Great Nebula in Andromeda · M 110 · M 31 · M 32 · NGC 205 · NGC 221 · NGC 224

M31 - First night with new gear, Jake Stewart

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M31 - First night with new gear

So I've become rather hooked on astrophotography after using a friend's telescope for a couple weeks early this summer. After doing a lot of research I ended up buying my own gear and this is the result of the first night out with it. Wanted an iconic target that would give me a decent idea of what I could expect with the new setup. Results were good right off the bat, even looking at a single exposure I could tell I was on the right path, especially compared to what I was able to do previously on my friend's Celestron 102SLT. Pretty happy with it after I got it stacked and processed, especially considering how relatively inexperienced I am. Would have loved more time to collect data but moon was rising and was worried about it affecting things.

Loving the hobby so far; set up the telescope and camera, find a target, start an imaging session, and just drink beer and watch the stars while it does its thing. So far it's been great!

60x60" Exposures, stacked.

Telescope: Explore Scientific ED102CF

Camera: Nikon D7200 (unmodified)

Mount: Celestron AVX

Software: DeepSkyStacker, Lightroom, Photoshop

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