Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Andromeda  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
M31, Brian Nietfeld
M31
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M31

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This was imaging night #2 on M31. The collimation has been worked on, but we are going to send the scope down to an expert to get it perfect. This was a stunning night we little to no scintillation at zenith. The autoguider for the Tak has died, but another astronomer had a spare I could use. This scope is so fast at f4! I had planned on taking 10m subs, but the core and surrounding stars were waaay to bloomed for that to happen. The longest I could comfortably take was 5m subs, which is just so very strange to me. I'm used to much slower telescopes.

A friend pushed me to try PixInsight, I had been resisting due to the learning curve, but oh boy did that software make a difference! I did the bulk of post in PI, but I did have to finish the revision in Photoshop. I'm encouraged by PI and I know I'm barely scratching the surface of that powerhouse.

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