Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  20 Cas  ·  20 pi. Cas  ·  22 Cas  ·  22 omi Cas  ·  24 And  ·  24 tet And  ·  25 And  ·  25 sig And  ·  26 And  ·  27 And  ·  27 rho And  ·  29 And  ·  29 pi. And  ·  32 And  ·  35 And  ·  35 nu. And  ·  37 And  ·  37 mu. And  ·  39 And  ·  41 And  ·  42 And  ·  42 phi And  ·  44 And  ·  68 Cas  ·  Andromeda  ·  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  HD1046  ·  HD1073  ·  HD1178  ·  HD1185  ·  And 209 more.
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Second attempt and second night trying out astrophotography.

Lessons learned from the failures of the first night:
  • Need to polar align to the "correct" Polaris. Was already on my way back home when I realized my star trails were not a settings or tracker issue but aligning to the incorrect star.
  • Completely forgot to level the tripod.
  • The smallrig carbon fiber tripod I was using is just too lightweight for the payload. Loosening the ballhead mount and adjusting camera was having a big impact on my already questionable polar alignment.
  • Also learned to increase flats exposure time to smooth out the banding issues from the tablet screen refresh rate.
  • Need to get a wireless intervalometer instead of mashing on the cameras buttons to get the built in interval sequencer configured.
  • Take a notebook and write down what I am doing and when as trying to remember the sequence the next morning was a challenge.

Processed in siril after many attempts and failures.

Second night confirmed that this new hobby is going to get expensive.

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