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moonshinegnomie

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3. equipment list

Reply to alfredo (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 5, 2023, 11:45 AM

Sep 2023

sony a6000 camera
astrotech 72 II telescope with a field flattener. (it makes it a 344mm f5 lens
zwo AM5 mount (just got it a 2 weeks ago to place my old celestron avx)
30mm guide scope
zwo 120mm guide camera
asair plus (a small box to control everything)

this is about 3 hours of exposure. an hour of 30 second exposures and 2 hours of 90 second exposures at iso 400
stacked and processed in pixinsight and photoshop

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M31 the andromeda galaxy [View all] moonshinegnomie Sep 2023 OP

Looks to me like you've figured out your new equipment very well, my dear moonshinegnomie! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2023 #1

Good image. If you are in a dark area, you might be able to see a faint smudge with alfredo Sep 2023 #2

equipment list moonshinegnomie Sep 2023 #3

Thanks. Quite a rig. alfredo Sep 2023 #6

stunning! mike_c Sep 2023 #4

When my daughter was about 5 we saw Andromeda through a AndyS Sep 2023 #5

My first was a 4" reflector. It was enough for this pre-teen. alfredo Sep 2023 #7

i use a 2.8" refractor moonshinegnomie Sep 2023 #8

I had one, but I dropped it and cracked the lens alfredo Sep 2023 #9