(Not a great) Andromeda widefield

[JamesF]

Quite annoyed with myself for not getting the focus better on this. I wonder if I nudged the lens at some point as I took a few other shots and they look much better. We learn from such errors however

10 subs of 4 minutes with an unmodded 450D and 200mm f/2.8L on an unguided EQ3-2, plus darks.

Wide field is fun, when you can find the target I shall try to do some more over the coming months.

James

[jgs001]

Like the FOV on that James.. Gotta agree on the focus... and that widefield is fun, and so much simpler too

[JB80]

Focused or not it's still a nice picture.

I'll ask the same question as I did in another thread, did you use an LP filter?

[Chris]

apart from the focus, its a nice pic, the dust lanes are starting to show and as said your 200mm lens does a great job framing it, I've got to get myself a 200mm at some point:)

[JamesF]

Focused or not it's still a nice picture.

I'll ask the same question as I did in another thread, did you use an LP filter?

No, no LP filter. The lens has a Hoya Skylight filter attached for daytime use and I decided in the end not to remove it because it's easier to keep the dew off, but as it happens we had no dew to speak of anyway I will remove it next time as it's probably clipping a bit of the blue. I have no reason to believe it would filter any light pollution regardless.

James

[Daniel-K]

looks great just hanging there good effort

[astrostu]

Well done James Awsome image, eq3 rule! Lol

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[JamesF]

Since eliot made me think of it, posting about his (much better) image of M31, there is no post-processing to remove any gradients or anything like that in this image either. Just a bit of levels and curves to bring out the detail.

James