Tag Archive for 'Andromeda'

Andromeda and Pleiades

Clear, dark, and cold. Nice night for stargazing. Got a pretty good image of the Andromeda Galaxy. Five 2 minute exposures at ISO800 and 5 dark frames. I actually took 20 2 minute exposures but only 5 turned out nice enough to stack. I think it looks pretty nice. Here’s a wide field shot of [...]

My first piggyback pics – M42, M31, and Pleiades

Last night it was cold and a bit cloudy, but I really wanted to get out and try out my new piggy back mount with my Nikon D60. Neat stuff! It is really amazing how much the camera sees that you cannot see with your eye. The frost got to the scope lens pretty quick [...]