18th September 2004
Galaxy
Magnitude: 10.9 Size: 13.1'x2.8', Surface brightness: 14.0 mag/sq arcmin, Position angle: 22°
Right ascension: 2h 22m 51s
Declination: +42° 22' 4"
Constellation: Andromeda
200mm F5 newtonian @ F3.3, SC1.5 toucam RAW mode. IR filter
80mm F5 refractor @ F10 guidescope with SC1 toucam and GuideDog
70x45s frames. Captured in K3, debayered in AVIRaw, stacked in Registax, curves in photoshop.
Everything went wrong trying to take this. Even Autostar decided to start operating in a world of its own. Very pleased to finally get this image of 891... came out a little better than I expected.
Location: Curdridge, Southampton, UK. 51N 15W.
Details of equipment and
method.