Andromeda Galaxy

It's 3 panel mosaic from data which I was gathering for 5 nights (1 night for main panel and 2 nights for each arm). Each panel was drizzled 2x in DeepSkyStacker what resulted in 130 Mpix image after the final crop.

 

Equipment:

Scope: GSO 8" f/4

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6 R

Camera: Canon 600D mod

Guide scope: ZWO 60/280mm

Guide camera: ZWO ASI 120MC-S

Coma corrector: Baader Mark III MPCC

Filters: Baader UV/IR Cut (L) 2"

 

Acquisition:

Lights: 57x180" ISO 800 for each panel

Calibration frames: 50x Darks (for each panel), 50x Flats, 50x Bias

Total integration time: 8h 33m

Localization: Small village near Płock, Poland (Bortle 5)

 

Software:

Guiding: PhD2

Capture: APT

Mount control: Stellarium (ASCOM)

Postprocessing: Deep Sky Stacker, Pixinsight, Photoshop, Lightroom

Done