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02-AUG-2008

The Great Andromeda Galaxy

First attempt at astrophotography from the ASKC's Dark Sky Site on a less-than-ideal night with occasional clouds and about 2 billion percent humidity.

I only managed about 28 minutes of eposure time before the dew, clouds and man-eating mosquitoes made me run for cover. But this is better than I could do in more than 2 hours of exposure time from my light-polluted urban back yard.

7 x 4 minutes @ ISO 800
WO Megrez 90FD / 0.8x Field Flattener
Canon 350D (self modified)
Guided via 8" LX200GPS / DSI / PHD Guiding

Processed with DeepSky Stacker / PS CS2 / Noise Ninja / Gradient Xterminator


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