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M31 - Andromeda: Our Galactic Neighbor
M31: Our Galactic Neighbor – Better Get a Bigger Sensor!
Ah, the magnificent Andromeda galaxy, our stunning galactic neighbor! It’s rapidly approaching our very own Milky Way – talk about a cosmic meetup! Future astrophotographers, a few million years from now, will definitely need some seriously large sensors. At this rate, an APS-C format just won’t cut it anymore! 😉
- Capture Date: 2011-12-26
- Credit: Cédric Thomas
- Location: “Le petit Borobia” Observatory, remote operation
- Telescope: William Optics FLT 110 TEC (oiled spaced) @ F/5.2
- Focal Reducer: William Optics AFR-IV 0.8x
- Mount: Sky Watcher N-EQ6 Pro
- Autoguiding: LodeStar on 80mm guidescope + MaximDL
- Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350d
- RGB Exposure: 2h30 (30x300s) @ ISO 800
- Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Levels + Curves (Photoshop)