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Messier 31, The Andromeda Galaxy

Telescope Equipment:
Mount – Celestron CGEM DX - Hypertuned
Telescope – Canon 70-200mm EF, 135mm, f/4
Guider- Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Imaging System:
ZWO ASI533MC Pro – Gain 100, Offset 70, Temp 0°C
Filter – Optolong L-Pro
Image Details:
Light: 93x300s
Dark: 50x300s
Flat: 50×8.25s (25,000 ADU ±5%)
Dark-Flat: 50×8.25s
Software:
Image Capture – Astro Photography Tools (APT) – PhD2
Pre-Processing, Stacking, Stretching – PixInsight Core 1.8.9-1 Ripley
Image Taken:
August 19, 23, 26 & 27, 2022
Photographed from the When Pigs Fly Observatory