Andromeda - M31

Posted: 2023-01-27

Andromeda Galaxy (M31) taken from Sørkedalen 26th Jan. 2023.

M31 - Andromeda
M31 - Andromeda

Technical details

  • Sony A7Riv - ISO: 400, 90 seconds per image
  • Samyang 135mm f/2 lens set to f/2.8
  • Sky-watcher Star Adventurer tracker
  • LRTimelapse Pro Timer 3 intervalometer
  • CooWoo lens warmer
  • Kase - 100mm Bright Star Focus Bahtinov mask filter
  • Kase - 100mm Neutral Night filter
  • Flask of Tea :)

Stacking

Stacked in siril

  • 24 images
  • 60 biases
  • 51 flats
  • 8 darks

Final image contains both the stacked image and a little emphasis added via a starless version generated with starnet++ and a slight white balance applied in photoshop.