Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  32 And  ·  35 nu. And  ·  Andromeda galaxy  ·  Great Nebula in Andromeda  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 206  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224  ·  The star 32And  ·  The star νAnd
M 31 Andromeda Galaxy, Sebastian "BastiH" Hinz
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M 31 Andromeda Galaxy

M 31 Andromeda Galaxy, Sebastian "BastiH" Hinz
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M 31 Andromeda Galaxy

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My first "real" deep sky image. During my late childhood I did lots of visual observations with that 114/900mm Newton that many of us started with. My photographic approaches using chemical film, however, failed miserably due to lacks of money and knowledge. When I had bought my first DSLR almost 15 years later, I more or less accidently pointed it at the sky to see what that would look like. It looked quite promising and so I dug out my old Vixen NP mount, the Vixen RC 150 (6" Catadioptic Newton) and fixed the camera with a cheap 200mm lens to the scope using mostly lots of tape. I bought a crosshair eyepiere and guided and tracked my first subframes manually. After two nights I had caught a cold an my back hurt badly - but when I stacked the hard-earned lightframes and saw the image get clearer I instantly got hooked.

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M 31 Andromeda Galaxy, Sebastian "BastiH" Hinz