Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224  ·  The star 32 And
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Andromeda, Scott Badger
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Andromeda

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Andromeda

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Not quite what I was hoping for..... I attempted to simul-image the galaxy with a 400mm zoom lens on a DSLR and a star association (NGC 206) within the galaxy at the same time with my 9.25 Edge and the DSLR riding piggyback. Unfortunately, I was unable to line up the scope and camera lens well enough and had to reduce the zoom to 200mm and even then, barely got Andromeda into the DSLR frame. I only got 35 3min subs before I gave up and was going to just toss them, but thought what the heck.....

Not calibrated, very cropped and a rush job on the processing — core got away from me and I had to really squeeze some color out of it — but I’m not as unhappy with it as I thought I’d be…. It isn't as bright/sharp/glossy as an image I got using iTelescope data (https://www.astrobin.com/iiulcy/B/) but maybe more natural looking because of that.

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Andromeda, Scott Badger