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Hi guys,

 

It's been a while since I last posted a picture here although I have been imaging as much as time permits. Last weekend I had some clear skies and decided to give the Andromeda Galaxy a shot. It's not my first time imaging this target but I never had any luck before because of light pollution. Nevertheless I decided to give it a try this time with my SW 72ED pro and here is the final result:

Skywatcher 72ED Pro

AZ-GTi guided

Canon 1200Da

A mixture of 180(ISO800) and 120(ISO400) seconds exposures for a total of about 4.5h of integration time

 

It turned out much better than I had ever expected for the amount of light pollution that I deal with. Turned out that the tip I saw about decreasing exposure length and increasing the number of subs helped deal with light pollution and bring out the details better than going for longer subs.

 

Cheers!

 

[Knighty2112]

Looks very nice. Well done! Excellent job! 👍🏻

[assouptro]

Stunning 

nicely framed!

thanks for sharing 

Bryan 

[Lee_P]

Good job, and I second Bryan's comment about the framing

 

[Trevor N]

Nice shot. Those ED72 scopes are ideal for this target

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15 hours ago, Trevor N said:

Nice shot. Those ED72 scopes are ideal for this target

Thanks. Yes it frames perfectly with the ED72 without any reducer