Kwychang
M31 the Andromeda galaxy
1st time out with my Askar FRA400 telescope.
Wouldn't quite fit the entire galaxy in to the field of view, so I went for a 2 panel mosaic.
M31 lies 2.5 million light years away from us and has two visible dwarf galaxies for companions. They are M32, just above and left of centre and M110, an elliptical galaxy to the bottom centre of the image.
Captured at www.astronomycentre.org.uk
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Askar FRA400
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong L'eNhance.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+
The 2 panels each consisted of 60 lights frames at 120 seconds exposure each. Plus darks, flats, dark flats & bias calibration frames.
All stacked together in DeepSkyStacker and the resulting 2 images were then stitched together and processed further in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
M31 the Andromeda galaxy
1st time out with my Askar FRA400 telescope.
Wouldn't quite fit the entire galaxy in to the field of view, so I went for a 2 panel mosaic.
M31 lies 2.5 million light years away from us and has two visible dwarf galaxies for companions. They are M32, just above and left of centre and M110, an elliptical galaxy to the bottom centre of the image.
Captured at www.astronomycentre.org.uk
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Askar FRA400
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong L'eNhance.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+
The 2 panels each consisted of 60 lights frames at 120 seconds exposure each. Plus darks, flats, dark flats & bias calibration frames.
All stacked together in DeepSkyStacker and the resulting 2 images were then stitched together and processed further in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.