Widefield to catch M31

[geppetto]

Just a bit of fun whilst waiting for the moon to come up

Widefield using Nikon 5400 on barn door tracker.

5 minute exposure ISO 50

Cassiopeia top left and M31 lurking in the bottom part of the picture

[Astroman]

I like that one. My sky looks a lot like it.

[Andrew*]

cor blimey! what an image. Just amazing how many stars are up there. Stunning stuff Phil.

And I just love that sexy vignetting!

Andrew

[Caz]

Stunning 8)

And I just love that sexy vignetting!

Caz

[Kain]

Nice one Phil.

Whats a barn door tracker? I have heard you mention it a few times, but never understood what it was :insects1:

Kain

[geppetto]

Kain

This is it, a motor driven tracker, two boards hinged together

with the hinge aligned with Polaris the same as an EQ mount. One

board carries the camera and is swung away from the other board

by the motor at a speed to match the earth's rotation.

This mount has gone through lots of tweaking and with the camera set to

widefield, the tracking is good for 10 minutes or more 8)

In this image, the box is 40mm lens that my webcam plugs into for

tracked scope photography

[MartinB]

That's a lot of pin point stars Philip. Impressive