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First Attempt to catch Andromeda with a Takumar 135/2,5

Andromeda is a deep sky target that eludes me from my location. It's visible to the north from where I live (South Africa) but appears very low on the horizon, making successful long exposure imaging near impossible. To capture this, I traveled to the USA for astro imaging, read the full story here:

www.astrotanja.com/chasing-andromeda/

 

Andromeda is around 2,5 million light years from earth.

When photographed, it appears roughly 6 times the size of the full moon. It's visible with the naked eye, albeit only the central core, in dark non-light polluted areas.

 

Image details:

105min (21x 300sec) @ISO800

Image acquired over 2 nights, 2 locations

2 September 2013, Iowa (11x 300sec)

5 September 2013, Nevada (10x300sec)

 

Image setup:

Officina Stellare HiperAPO105

Canon 60Da

Celestron Advanced VX

Guiding: SSAG & PHD

Acquisition: Nebulosity

Processing: PixInsight and PhotoShop

 

More info on processing workflow available on www.astrotanja.com/chasing-andromeda/

 

M31 The Andromeda Galaxy.

 

Location:27-11-24 St Helens, UK, Bortle 7, No Moon, Poor Seeing.

 

Acquisition:140x 180s Astronomik UV-IR cut calibrated with Bias Darks and Flats. Total Integration 7 hours.

 

Equipment:Altair 60EDF with 1x Flat60; ZWO ASI2600MCpro, EAF, AM5; Astronomik UV-IR cut.

 

Guiding:Altair MG32mini with ZWO ASI120MMmini.

 

Software:NINA, PHD2

 

Processing:Siril, StarNet++, GraXpert, Affinity Photo2 with Topaz DeNoiseAI and HLVG plug-ins.

 

Glacier on Mt. Andromeda - part of the Columbia Icefield in Alberta, Canada

Andromeda galaxy, 4x2min WO Z73 Canon 450D skywatcher adventure. Was aiming for a lot more subs but my polar alignment was off, so I managed to salvage this, processed in APP

Second attempt at the Andromeda Galaxy - 130 x 1 minute exposures taken with sony a7iii at 200-600 lens with the iptron sky guider pro star tracker. Edit done in photoshop

Mas imágenes en:

www.aipastroimaging.com

 

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Telescopio: Takahashi FSQ106EDX (f/5)

Montura: Takahashi EM400 Temma2

Cámara: CCD Atik 16200 mono

Filtros: Ha 7nm

Rueda: SX USB Filter Wheel 5x2"

Guiado: Lunático EZG-60 + SXLodestar

Enfoque: RoboFocus + AstroMatic (ftorrev)

Adquisición: AstroMatic (ftorrev)

Procesado y apilado: PixInsight Core + PS

 

Ha: 32x900s bin2

 

Pioz, Guadalajara, España

 

crónica: aipastroimaging.com/m31-ha-clouds/

Otro intento con Andrómeda.

Usé la EM1.2 y el Zuiko 75-300 a 300mm, a f8, ISO 1600, un buen puñado de lights, darks y bias. Procesada con SIRIL y PS.

Espero que os guste.

 

Another try with Andromeda.

I used the EM1.2 and the Zuiko 75-300 at 300mm, at f8, ISO 1600, a good handful of lights, darks and bias. Processed with SIRIL and PS.

I hope you like it.

This huge galaxy is the nearest galaxy to us and it equals six full moons across the sky. It’s double the size of our Milky way galaxy and located 2.5 million light years from Earth. This galaxy is the farthest object that could be seen by the naked eye from a dark sky. It’s moving toward our galaxy in a speed of 110km/sec. It will collide Milky way in 3.75 billion years. Total exposure is 3 hours. Light subs 60 x 180 sec, Darks 20, Flat 20, Bias 50. Gear setup: Celestron RASA 8 @ f/2.0, iOptron GEM 45 guided by ZWO Mini guide scope and ZWO 120MM-S, Optolong L-Pro filter, ZWO 2600MC @ 0, Celestron Motor Focuser. Stacked in APP and processed in PI & PS.

This is my latest attempt at the Andromeda Galaxy with my William Optics Redcat 51. The great Andromeda Galaxy known also as Messier31 is our nearest neighbor at a distance of about 2,500,000 light years away. Hope you all enjoy and thanks for any constructive comments.

 

Equipment:

Telescope - William Optics Redcat 51

Imaging Camera- Qhy268m

Mount - Sky-watcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Software:

Sequence Generator Pro

Pixinsight

Lightroom

Photoshop

 

Lights:

L-60x60sec

R-60x60sec

G-60x60sec

B-60x60sec

Ha-30x300sec

 

35 Darks

100 Bias

Total integration 6.5 hours

Andromeda galaxy M31, is the nearest galaxy to us. It’s 2.5 million light years from us and its the largest deep sky object in the sky. It equals six full moons in diameter across the sky and it will collide with our Milky way galaxy in 3.75 billion years. Actually, its moving toward us in a speed of 110km/sec. Gear setup: WO 73 Zenithstar APO, Ioptron GEM45, Optolong L-pro, ZWO 2600MC pro cooled @0, ZWO mini guide scope, ZWO 120MM-S. Total integration 3 hours in 60 x 180sec, Darks 20, Flats 20, Bias 50. Stacked in APP, processed in PI and finished in PS.

Skywatcher ED80 BD x 0.85

AVX Mont

Canon 1100d modificada

L-Pro filter

   

Reprocessed for the Ha star-forming regions

L 4x300s

Ha 4x300s

R 3x180s

GB 2x180s (each)

L(R+Ha)GB

DSS > PI > PS

SBIG STL-11000M

Takahashi FSQ 106ED

Paramount PME

46x2min + 15x5min iso 800

canon 6D + Canon 400mm f5,6L

Skywatcher star adventurer

guiding using Qhy5ii-C + 32mm guidescope

PHD2

processing using pixinsight + photoshop 2020

 

Our nearest neighbor galaxy 2.5 miljon lightyears away.

Andromeda Galaxy

Queen of our dark sky.

www.instagram.com/helber_pontes/

 

📷 Exposure (Hα, R, G, B)

Hα, bin 1, 20 x 300s

L, bin 1, 30x 30s + 125x 60s + 20x 120s

R, bin 1, 120 x 60s

G, bin 1, 120 x 60s

B, bin 1, 120 x 60s

 

🔭 Equipment

Mount: RainbowAstro RST-135E

Telescope: Refrator Borg 107FL , f/3.9

Filters: 8-positions filter wheel integrated in camera

Guidescope: NA (off-axis auto guider)

Guiding camera: QHY 5-II

 

💻 Software:

(Windows 10) Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2, ASCOM drivers

(Mac OSX) PixInsight

 

📍Location

Bright suburban light pollution, Class 6 of darkness in Bortle scale.

+ 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)

Another one of last years images reprocessed from scratch.

 

The Andromeda Galaxy is our nearest neighbour and lies 2.5 million light years away and estimated to contain twice the amount of stars than our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Tech Stuff: Borg 55F/ZWOASI 522MC/IDAS LPS D2. 2 Hours of 15 second unguided exposures. From my yard in Westchester County NY, Bortle 7.

Getting better at the noise reduction techniques. Almost as you would see Andromeda with your naked eyes in a large telescope.

Using Asi294mm pro. WO Magrez90. About 4 hour of integration using RG and Ha.

Reprocessed M31 Andromeda Galaxy, HaLRGB

 

Ha, 75 * 300s, gain 111, -10°C,

L, 420 * 30s, gain 111, -10°C,

R, G, B, 80 * 120s each, gain 111, -10°C

 

William Optics z61

ZWO ASI183MM Pro

iOptron CEM60

Antlia LRGB filter set

Antlia Ha 3.5nm filter

William Optics 50mm guiding + ZWO ASI120M-S

ZWO EAF

ZWO EFW

NINA

 

Calibrated by bias, dark and flat

Processed in PixInsight, TopazLabs DeNoise AI and Photoshop

 

Andromeda Galaxy, M31

Photographed from a dark location in the Cevennes, France.

 

10 x 6 min exposure

Nikon D800

300mm F4

no filters

Andromeda Galaxy

My first successful capture in my backyard! I live in a bortle 8+ sky near bright city lights, so not ideal for astro. However, it's good practice as I learn this very challenging genre.

 

Technical details:

Olympus OM-1

300mm f/4 Pro

Star Adventurer 2i tracker

lights at f/5.6, iso800, 30sec

186 lights out of 247

Various darks by temperature

50 flats

stacked in ASTAP

processed in Photolab 6

 

TEC 140APO & AP Mach1 - FLI Proline 16803 - Ha (180m) L (150m) R (45m) G (45m) B (45m) - Gambugliano, Vicenza, Italy

 

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Shot in Kuwait remote area - Borttle 4

 

Acquisition:

Gian 0 - Tempt -10C

L 20 x 180” (1 hr)

R 10 x 180” (30 min)

G 10 x 180” (30 min)

B 10 x 180” (30 min)

Flats for each filter + Darks from library

 

Total integration time 2.5 hr

 

Processing:

APP

PI

PS

 

Setup:

Sirius EQ-g

WO Z81

ZWO mini guide scope

ZWO ASI294mm Pro

ZWO ASI120mini

ZWO ASIair Plus

ZWO EFW

ZWO 31’ BB filters

ZWO EAF

Canon 500D

Tair 300mm f/4.5

SW AZ GTi mount in EQ mode

42 x 2 minute exposure

ISO3200

 

2021.12.05

Hungary

 

www.instagram.com/balazs.benei.astro

Andromeda theatre - Reina Rock, Sicily

 

Esiste un luogo, non lontano da Agrigento, nel quale tra monti che sembrano scolpiti da una mano d’artista, un cielo il cui colore rievoca atmosfere quasi mistiche e l’abbagliante verde dei boschi e dei prati, vive e lavora uno scultore-pastore dall’anima eclettica: Lorenzo Reina; il quale ha fondato a mille metri d'altezza un Luogo dell'immaginazione e della rappresentazione, un teatro all’aperto, costruito in vent’anni di lavoro, pietra su pietra, è uno dei suoi capolavori da poco terminati.

my first decent image of this galaxy. Taken in Sedona, Arizona using a new Radian Raptor 61 and a Rebel 6Ti mod camera. 75 X 3 min. Processed in Pixinsight, Photoshop and Lightroom. 2.5 million light-years away and on a collision course with our Milky Way in about 4.5 billion years.

🎯 Andromeda Galaxy

 

📷 Exposure: (HaLRGB)

Hα, bin 1, 20x 300s

L, bin 1, 20x 30s + 20x 90s + 20x 180s + 20x 240s

R, bin 1, 35 x 180s

G, bin 1, 35 x 180s

B, bin1, 35 x 180s

 

🔭 Equipment

Mount: RainbowAstro RST-135E

Telescope: Refractor WO RedCat, f/4.9, ouverture 51mm, 250mm focal length

Camera: QSI 6120 wsg (Sony ICX834 sensor)

Filters: 8-positions filter wheel integrated in camera

Guidescope: NA (off-axis auto guider)

Guiding camera: QHY 5-II

 

💻 Software:

(Windows 10) Sequence Generator Pro, PHD2, SkySafari, ASCOM drivers

(Mac OSX) PixInsight

 

📍Lausanne, Switzerland

Bortle class 6

Mono Lake is a crazy place to shoot during sunset. Loaded with crowds of people, it's so hard to find a decent composition where no one is in your shot. But when the sun goes down and the stars come out, the crowds thin out. Here's a popular spot to shoot at Mono Lake capturing the tail end of the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy. Sadly it's the wrong time of year to get the Milky Way to line up with the tufa but I still love the colors in the sky.

 

Mono Lake

Lee Vining, California

Although several dozen minor galaxies lie closer to our Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy is the closest large spiral galaxy to ours. The Andromeda galaxy is the brightest external galaxy you can see. At 2.5 million light-years, it’s the most distant thing most of us humans can see with the unaided eye.

 

Imaged from London (UK)

November 2021

Takahashi 106

QHY 128 OSC 30 x 5 mins

Ioptron GEM45

Andromeda Galaxy, M31

 

Mount: Skywatcher EQ6 Pro

Scope: William Optics Fluorite Doublet 80/555

Camera: Nikon Z6

Seeing conditions: 60% ..from by home in Rome

 

Unguided exposures:

- ISO800 x 40'' x 60 exposures

- Darks x 15

 

Stacked with DeepSkyStacker

The famous Andromeda galaxy - our close neighbor of comparable size to our own, located approximately 2 million light years away from us.

 

It took many attempts to produce this, practice...

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