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Astrophoto: Andromeda Galaxy – Messier 31 – 11/21

Two evenings without flattener fuss. The config is ok for now and i wanted to see the performance on a real picture.

The Session-Story of the Andromeda Galaxy

I struggled around with the flattener for a few months now and i was still not happy with the results. But i found a config that seemed to be ok for now and i wanted to test the performance in the field on a real picture. The Andromeda Galaxy was my target.
I had two evenings to see how it worked. The final picture is the only RGB result from the first evening. On the second evening i used the duo narrowband filter with the idea to show the H-Alpha regions. But i was not able to use that material in a useful way.

Here the high resolution Astrophoto on Flickr:

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

Lessons Learned – Andromeda Galaxy

  • It is fun to just shoot some astrophotos.
  • The flattener config is not that bad.
  • Only one evening of RGB at F7.5 on M31 is too few.
  • I am not able to use H-Alpha material on a RGB galaxy photo yet. So I will hopefully upload an update soon.
  • I worked homofocal … more in another posting.

Technical overview

TelescopeVIXEN ED80sf
Focal Length600mm
Aperture ratio7.5
Erecting Lense TSFlat2
FilterOptolong UV/IR Cut bzw.
Optolong L-Extreme
MountSkywatcher HEQ-5
Goto-ControlEKOS
Mount ControlINDI
Guiding Scope Focal Length162 mm
Guiding Camera Chip4.8mm x 3.6mm, 8bit
Guiding Camera Resolution1280×960
Guiding SoftwareEKOS, INDI
Dithering3 pixel
CameraCANON EOS M100(a)
Methodfocal projection
Camera ControlEKOS, INDI, Gphoto2
Photography Date22.11.2021 RGB
24.11.2021 H-Alpha, OIII
Exposure-Time Lights31x180s RGB
23x180s H-Alpha, OIII
SensitivityISO 800
CalibrationframesFlats, Biases
Post Processing Date26.11.2021, only RGB
Stacking, IntegrationAffinity Photo
Post Processing SoftwareAffinity Photo
Image EditingAffinity Photo
Capture PlaceKoblenz, Germany
LightpollutionBortle 5
Scattered lightstrong

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