M31 from North Cornwall August 2021

[AstroNebulee]

Here is my attempt of M31 The Andromeda galaxy taken over 2 nights on 27th and 29th August with my sw 72ed AzGti, Canon 600D in EQ mode with my asiair pro. 

84x120secs, 800iso, 30 flat, bias and dark flats. Stacked in Dss and processed in Photoshop. Settling time after a dither was taking a while to settle between shots, else I would of got more data. 

Quite happy with this, stars are a little teardroppy, but will try again when I can. Still well happy with the result though. 

Edited August 30, 2021 by AstroNebulee

[Mike73]

You should be happy as its a great image.🙂

I'm in SE Cornwall and M31 is sat in Plymouth's LP dome for a while yet so I'm planning on a trip to N Cornwall one night when we get a good forecast and moonless night. 

[AstroNebulee]

Just now, Mike73 said:

You should be happy as its a great image.🙂

I'm in SE Cornwall and M31 is sat in Plymouth's LP dome for a while yet so I'm planning on a trip to N Cornwall one night when we get a good forecast and moonless night. 

Thank you Mike. That LP from Plymouth must be hellish for you. You are very welcome to North Cornwall anytime, though we've had 7 out of 8 clear night's here do that's probably used up thd quota for the year now haha. I was imaging this M31 during the just past full moon and M31 was sitting above the moon on the first night so only 30 subs then but got 54 last night with the later moonrise. Hoping to get more to add to it when it's clear again. Hope you had fun with clear skies this week. Clear skies 

[Chris]

Brilliant Lee, very nice rendition even down to the matching signature water mark

[AstroNebulee]

Thank you Chris 🙏, really wanted to do M31 justice with my not meant for astrophotography setup, hoping to collect more data throughout the months to add to it.