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Andromeda & Capella in Auriga


tibbs1972

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It's a clear night tonight over Rutland.

I've had another crack at Andromeda. Now I know roughly where to aim the scope, its much easier.

I managed about 15 x 25sec shots with my 130mm scope.

I managed to stack the image below.

It's my best image of a deep sky object so far. Amazing to think its 2.5 million light years away and still visible. It certainly puts a different light on my life, when I imagine the scope of such things. It's a shame I won't be around when it gets close to the Milky Way. It certainly would be a sight worth seeing.

I also managed to get a snap shot of the star Capella in Auriga a bit later on.

Neil

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hi Neil and another great set a pics,i was washed out by the moon but i like are moon and love to get it,Jupiter just would not play ball for me last night i tried the focal reducer i have the loan of , on the moon i will see how that all worked out latter and get the pics up some where,the wind was crazy last night the best part of my night was a massive white barn owl glided over the top of the obs it was deadly silent,a great set of pics

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Thanks for the kind comments.

I've managed to get the timer working on my camera with 30sec intervals now, which makes tihngs a little bit easier.

I can now let the camera takes the shots, while I worry about keeping the object centered and focused.

Neil

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