Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

+ 2 satellite galaxies, M32 & M110; closest galaxy to the Milky Way, about 2.5 million light years away

 

30 x 20s exposures @ 800 mm (10 minutes integration time), ISO 800 (Nikon Z8 + pf f/6.3)

tracked on a ZWO AM5N mount; not guided

stacked in DSS & post-processed in Siril

the pf element introduced significant coma aberration that had to be corrected in post-processing

 

Red River Gorge, KY (Bortle class 4.4)

Done