My first M31 with a Nikon V1 and Startracker 2 Nov 13th 2014

[rodrigol]

My first ever pictures (well, the best so far) doing experiments with the little Nikon V2, The kit 30-110 Zoom at 110mm, ISO 1600 and using a startracker2. These are 30 sec x 40 lights, 4 darks and 4 bias frames. Aligned and stacked using DSS.

First to note is that I think that spending a little time setting up the startracker2 paid. The stars look round and there are well defined dark lanes. Everything seems to be in focus but the shots are a noisy. Less ISO next time! But I'm surprised about the V1's capabilities in AP.

The first one is a wide view and the second is a DSS 2x drizzle of the area where M31 is. I'm quite glad and excited enough to try next with the D7000 and longer exposure to see if I can get more colour (and more darks and bias frames - you guessed it, I almost forgot!). At present it all look a bit B&W.