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Northern jewels

A few nights back, while waiting for comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) to pop up, I thought I’d have a crack at capturing these two jewels of the northern sky: the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and the Triangulum Galaxy (M33).

Down here in the southern hemisphere, these two barely scrape the horizon, making it a real mission to snap a clear shot—especially in just one night. With them so low and the seeing being absolutely crook, this wide-field image wasn’t an easy get. But hey, when you’ve got the night sky calling, you’ve just gotta give it a go, no matter how tricky it is!

 

Sky

Nikon D5500

Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

91 x 30s, f/2.8

 

Foreground

Nikon D550p

Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

2.5s, f/8

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Uploaded on October 6, 2024
Taken on September 30, 2024