Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224  ·  The star 32And
3.5 hours on Andromeda, blindsmokeybear
3.5 hours on Andromeda
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3.5 hours on Andromeda

3.5 hours on Andromeda, blindsmokeybear
3.5 hours on Andromeda
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3.5 hours on Andromeda

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Early this summer I set out to collect 2 hours of data on Andromeda. It was my goal, my white whale, the one I was determined to capture. But between FIVE FREAKIN' HURRICANES, the sky was pretty much always cloudy. I got a few minutes of integration here and there, but it just wasn't cutting it.

Until last week, when the sky just opened up. I went up to the family farm, a Bortle 4 zone, set the telescope up, and blew past my goal to reach over 4 hours!! I even had enough data to leave some on the cutting room floor, so I collected the best of the best and put 3 hours and 35 minutes together. Mission accomplished, hurricanes be damned, and f*ck 2020 most of all.

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3.5 hours on Andromeda, blindsmokeybear