Very early in the morning (~0230h) I was finishing up with M20, and so decided to capture M31... dawn was approaching and the sky was turning a very deep blue in the northeast, but I managed to get 15 min with M31.
This is such an iconic
I will study up on how to improve my skills for imaging this one properly, so as not to overexpose the central portion of the galaxy. Another challenge but I think it shall be worth it.
Mount: Unguided with my HEQ5 balanced east-heavy!! I found this to be great for rounding up my stars.
Camera: 60D
Scope: 70 mm
Frames:Optolong CLS -
Integration: 0.2 hours
Darks: ~20
Flats: ~20
Bias: ~20
Avg. Moon age: 5.41 days
Avg. Moon phase: 29.58%
Temperature: 22.00
Pixel scale: 1.950 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 62.873 degrees
Field radius: 1.573 degrees
Thanks for looking.