Andromeda Widefield

[eliot]

Here is the Andromeda Galaxy taken on holiday in Brittany. The blooming of the brightest stars was caused by some light high cloud. I quite like seeing deep sky objects in a wider setting. There isn't the detail but surrounded by stars make them seam almost more real in a way.

9 x 4 minutes exposures, 5 darks, AstroTrac, Canon 5D, Canon 300mm, f/5.6, ISO 800, Deep Sky Stacker

Eliot

[deadfraggle]

Very nice!

[Scott]

hey thats really nice. gonna have to try this soonish.

Scott

[Mikejh]

That is really nice and I agree with you on how nice this wide field view looks- excellent IMHO

[laser_jock99]

Very nice- a 200-300mm lens suits M31 very well I think.

[JamesF]

Very nice indeed.

James

[Austin]

Great pic!

[JamesF]

Very nice. I had a go at this myself last night. Sadly I failed to get the focus right. It's not at all easy.

James

[jgs001]

Very nice Eliot, the cloud induced bloom makes an interesting effect

[JB80]

That's stunning really.

I struggle to even find andromeda but it's seeing shots like these that make me want to try further to get it.

Did you use an LP filter?

[eliot]

Thanks for all the kind responses.

I focus by taking a 30 second image and zooming in as far as I can go on the back of the camera. On some of my lenses I have stuck a piece of paper with a scale drawn on it. I can then get refocus quickly if I knock the camera.

I don't use any Light Pollution filters because I can't get standard ones for my camera / lens. I tend to try to get out in the countryside to take the images and try remove any red/orange in post processing. Where we are on holiday I have got back some of the least light polluted subs I have ever got.

[saturn5]

That's a beauty.

[Black Knight]

Yes, it's a great image. I tried this with my kit lens the other day. Everything looked fine on the previews, but turns out I had really 'orrible star trailing . Never mind, back to the drawing board!

[caerus_sam]

Looks like something taken through a telescope, not a DSLR and a 300mm lens. Simply stunning. Might grab myself an Astrotrac if I win the lottery.

[stellawolf]

Very nice image,

[Auntystatic]

Ah so that's what it looks like through a 300mm, I was going to do that on my next run to see the difference between it and the 600mm, but with such a good image here I won't bother, I'll just send everyone here to see the difference, I was very impressed with the old 5D's performance in my shot, nice to see I'm not the only one getting good results, nice one

[adie k]

Great shot I have just come by 55-250 lens must try this on my barn door

makes a nice change from close in fine detail pictures.

[K3ny0n]

I agree it looks fantastic in wide field.

Rob.