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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
Have I shot this one loads of times? Yes. Does it matter? No! Andromeda is always a treat and every time I shoot it it gets a little better. This time it's with the Zenithstar 66 which can bring in the entire thing and have it framed nicely with some space around it as opposed to the ED103S which crams it in there and cuts off the very outer edges.

Scope: William Optics ZenithStar 66 with WO Flat 2 0.8x FR/FF
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G with GoTo
Guiding: Meade DSI Pro and PHD Guiding
Guide Scope: ATM 50mm f/4 Finder
Camera: Canon EOS 1000D (Stock)
Special Settings: None
ISO: 800
Exposure: 2 hours 30 minutes (30 x 300s)
Processing Software: Acquired in Nebulosity with Medium Dither, Calibration and Stacking in Deep Sky Stacker, Levels/Curves/Enhancements in Photoshop
Support Files: 40 flats, 40 bias, 10 darks

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Comment by Kevin Galka on September 13, 2011 at 12:06pm
Truely amazing just how big Andromeda is, nice shot :)
Comment by Steve Coates on September 8, 2011 at 3:58pm
You can never get tired of imaging this. Excellent work Neil.
Comment by Dave Lane on September 8, 2011 at 10:50am
Nicely done!

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