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M-31 The Andromeda Galaxy with companion galaxies M-32 (bottom,attached) and M-110 (upper)
Approx 2.9 million ly distant
Imaged at the CCCA Observatory
Wellandport, Ontario
Aug 29th 2011
William Optics Megrez 72mm Apo Refractor (New Toy)
W/O .8X field flattener
EQ Pro 6 German Equatorial Mount
Orion Starshoot Autoguider
Canon Digital Rebel XT (unmodified)
Prime Focus
20 X 3 min exposures @ ISO 800
15 X 1 min exposures @ ISO 800
20 X 30 sec exposures @ ISO 800
Combined
Dark frames subtracted
1hr 25min total exposure
Combined with Deep Sky Stacker
Processed with PS CS2
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Thanks Much Chris! Was quite happy with how it turned out as it was my 1st light image with the Megrez 72mm. Great little scope..love it.
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