M31 - Andromeda Galaxy (widefield) (Michel Makhlouta)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Andromeda (And) · Contains: 32 And · 35 nu. And · Andromeda Galaxy · M 110 · M 31 · M 32 · NGC 205 · NGC 206 · NGC 221 · NGC 224 · The star 32And · The star νAnd

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy (widefield)

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy (widefield)

I have recently built a very portable widefield rig, something that I can just carry and go. It's driven by StellarMate OS running on a Raspberry PI 4, and a skywatcher AZ-GTi mount. The imaging train consists of a Samyang 135mm F2 lens and a 533MC, with a ZWO filter slider / canon eos adapter in between. Image attached.

It took a while to get the hang of it, I am new to OSCs, lenses and KStars/EKOS, but it wasn't a tough road. I am still learning and there is some tuning left to be done. Anyhow, here's my first light, from my balcony while M31 was between 30 and 65 degrees (roof limit).

I am impressed with the L-Pro performance as well, it wasn't hard to get proper colors, and it did well given the LP from the town.

Lens was wide open at F2, unity gain on the 533MC and 60 seconds exposures.

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RA (center)	00h42m40s.40
RA (top/left)	00h57m51s.21
RA (top/right)	00h51m36s.74
RA (bottom/right)	00h26m42s.80
RA (bottom/left)	00h34m31s.22

Dec (center)	+41°16′13″.3
Dec (top/left)	+39°32′45″.4
Dec (top/right)	+44°12′22″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+42°51′40″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	+38°17′44″.6

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