Observation by Mike Greenhill-Hooper: M31 wide field

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Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observer

Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observed

2024 Jan 30 - 20:00

Uploaded

2024 Feb 11 - 15:59

Objects

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

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Constellation

Andromeda

Field centre

RA: 00^h42^m
Dec: +41°16'
Position angle: +90°27'

Field size

3°52' × 2°51'

Equipment

90mm f/4.8 TS triplet and Samyang 135mm f/2.8 lens
ASI294MM Pro mono-camera with Ha, LRGB filters and Atik 383L colour camera
NEQ6 mount

Exposure

15x60s (for LRGB) and 15x120s for Ha, ASI294MMPro gain 121, T=-10C

Location

Miradoux, S.W. France

Target name

M31

Title

M31 wide field

About this image

Due to bad weather have decided to re-edit recent image of M31, taken with my new 90mm f/4.8 TS triplet, pasting it onto wider field image taken 2 years ago with my Samyang 135mm lens and Atik CCD camera. It almost works, just don't zoom in too closely on the star background!

Files associated with this observation

M31 pasted on 135mm published3.jpg (396.7 kB)

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