M33 with a Dob' 2023-10-14

[Fraunhoffer]

M33 has been on my hunt list for a very long time and I was pleased to see it and capture a picture last Saturday. 14 Oct 2023.
Surrey, England.

72 x 15 s exposures, (18 minutes total). Sony a5000, Skyliner 300p Dob', Coma Corrector, DSS, Affinity Photo and Topaz Denoise.

Edited October 16, 2023 by Fraunhoffer

[Graham Darke]

Nice! Tracking platform?

[Fraunhoffer]

12 minutes ago, Graham Darke said:

Nice! Tracking platform?

Just the normal Skywatcher Truss-tube go-to tracking.
I replaced the bottom two wooden disks on mine with some well made marine play ones that were dead flat (to within 0.125mm) so the alignment, go-to and tracking are now spot on. (Or, as good as I can make them anyway)
I might have been able to do longer exposures if the target was in the west (where the ecliptic plane is almost straight). 15s is the most I could do without eggy stars on this occasion.

Edited October 16, 2023 by Fraunhoffer

[mirrorgirl1980]

very nice