M31 Andromeda Galaxy Ultraportable 2

The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to our Milky Way at 2.5 million LY distance and it contains about a trillion stars. Visible to the naked eye from dark sites, it requires a small telescope or binoculars to be spotted from typical suburbs.

 

First light for a focal reducer/flattener specific to my Borg 55FL lens as part of my exploration of ultraportable systems for urban astronomy.

 

Tech Stuff: Borg 55 FL astrograph (200 mm focal length; f3.7)

ZWO ASI 1600MC

Astronomik CLS Filter

Ioptron CubePro8200 mount, unguided

Integration of 3 Sharpcap Live Stacks with flat subtraction, each 80 frames X 15 seconds/frame = 20 min for total 60 minutes

Processing with PixInsight

Imaged from my yard 10 miles north of New York City

 

Done