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M31 - 20211106 - TS72F6, altazastro
M31 - 20211106 - TS72F6
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M31 - 20211106 - TS72F6

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M31 - 20211106 - TS72F6

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Every year, when it becomes available, I can't help but aim my rig at this big target, every time hoping to get something more, of doing something better.

I used again the EOS 1300D for the first time since I bought the 2000D about a year ago, in part to avoid unmounting the clip filter on the 2000D, in part because it has less pixels and creates smaller files, in part because it is unmodified and hence it should be easier to white balance.

Unfortunately, after having been left dormant for so long, it had many speckles and spots on the sensors that flats couldn't properly fix, so I had to do some "cut and paste" to cover imperfections.

Some star elongation is visible, particularly on the left side, which means the imaging train was not perfectly symmetric.

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M31 - 20211106 - TS72F6, altazastro