M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy

First ever Deep Space Object that I have imaged. I recently bought a Skywacher Star Adventurer tracking mount for my DSLR and used it to image the Andromeda Galaxy. Slightly out of focus, but still learning to use a tracking mount for astrophotography.

 

Details:

Canon T5i

75-300mm lens

Skywatcher Star Adventurer

 

Imaging:

64x20" Lights

20 Darks

No flats or bias

 

Processing:

Stacked in DeepSkyStacker

Stretched in Photoshop

Minor edits in Lightroom

 

Photographed from Enchanted Rock, a Bortle 2 site located an hour and a half west of Austin, TX

Done