My first ever image of M31 at Bortle 2 a few days ago

[ddm4313]

 

The framing is off but that's because I was manually searching for M31, it is a pretty bright object and was easy to find with 10x50 binoculars but with a 135mm lens it was a different story. Me finding it with the dslr was totally random as that was my last try that night so I didn't wanna risk losing it. I had lost my DSLR cable somewhere on the trip to the site and couldn't use plate solving and goto that easily. 

I used HEQ5 Pro with Rokinon 135mm F2, subs were 60s, total exposure 10mins. No flats/darks

[PeterCPC]

For 10mins total exposure that is great.