Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
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Andromeda Galaxy (M31), fouldsy
Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
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Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

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Andromeda Galaxy (M31), fouldsy
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Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

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Solid improvement from my first attempt when I was beginning my astrophotography journey (https://www.astrobin.com/10wgok/). Equipment has definitely improved a lot, too!

I was happy to feel much more comfortable in getting the Sky Watcher Star Adventurer GTI quickly polar aligned, 2-star aligned, and then the target framed + centered in N.I.N.A very smoothly. I was able to start imaging by 8:15pm! First time running the new ZWO EFW Mini to hold the light pollution filter and then switch to a dark filter as part of the sequence for the dark and bias frames without needing to be there to add the lens cap. I think it worked out just fine.

Looking forward to the upcoming galaxy season now that I feel like I have the equipment pretty dialed in.

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Andromeda Galaxy (M31), fouldsy