The Suffolk Sky

M31 and M42

Just a few pictures from tonight. The moon was bright and clouds started to roll in a little after 10 PM. My plan tonight was to take a series of images of M31 to stack them and I was able to do that. View the full size image and you can see some of the detail of the edge of the M31.

M31 - 25 x 1 minute exposures

I also took a series of shots of M42. Again the moon was very bright so it kind of washed it out.

M42 - 15 x 1 minute exposures

These were both taken with my Nikon D60 200mm f/5.6 piggy backed on my C8 scope. I also spent a fair bit of time checking out the moon. Nice night.

Moon