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Andromeda Unguided

Somerled7

By Somerled7
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Managed to find a couple of hours break in  the clouds, so took a last look at Andromeda for this year - I'm still sticking to easy targets! My Guide Scope iced up pretty quickly, so I gave up on guiding and restricted my individual exposures to 60 seconds to avoid star trails.  In the end, I managed 87 minutes exposure time and I'm pretty happy with the outcome - at least the stars look round even without guiding. I now need to address the dew problem as I had to borrow my wife's hairdryer a few times.  A dew heater for my guide scope actually turned up a few days ago, but I'm waiting on some other bits and pieces, then I'll sort out the installation.

Canon EOS80D, Altair Astro EDF72, Skywatcher HEQ5, Wife's Hairdryer!

 

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