Observation by Graham Winstanley: M31 Andromeda galaxy

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Graham Winstanley

Observer

Graham Winstanley

Observed

2024 Aug 24 - 23:30

Uploaded

2024 Sep 01 - 13:06

Objects

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
M32
M110

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Constellation

Andromeda

Field centre

RA: 00^h42^m
Dec: +41°15'
Position angle: +79°16'

Field size

2°13' × 1°31'

Equipment

Altair Astro Wave Series 115 F7 ED Triplet
Altair Hypercam 26C
SW EQ6
Antares 0.7x reducer

Exposure

60 x 60s

Location

Bassingham, Lincolnshire

Target name

Andromeda galaxy

Title

M31 Andromeda galaxy

About this image

This was an exercise to see how the Hypercam 26c would work with a 0.7x reducer. As I normally use an off-axis guider it was necessary to image without autoguiding, so the subs were only one minute.

There was an issue with poor star shapes, especially the righthand side of the image. Still there after cropping some of the edges. This is probably due to accidental camera tilt.

Files associated with this observation

M31.jpg (2.8 MB)

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