M-31 - Andromeda Galaxy
RA: 00h 42m 44s; Dec: 41° 16′ 09″; Dist: ~2.5 Mly
| Hardware | |
| Imaging Instrument | 4 Inch Refractor at Prime Focus |
| Focal Length | 530 mm |
| Focal Ratio | 5.0 |
| Imaging Camera | SBIG ST-8300C |
| Guiding Instrument | 5" f/8 Refractor |
| Guiding Camera | QSI 5L-II |
| Software | |
| Image Capture | Sequence Generator Pro |
| Guiding | PHD v2 |
| Image Processing | PixInsight and Custom Program |
| Exposure | ||||
| Two-panel mosaic processed with the Variable-Pixel Linear Reconstruction (Drizzle) algorithm. | ||||
| Total Image Frames | 136 (68 frames per panel) | |||
| Total Image Time | 11.5 hours (5.75 hours per panel) | |||
| Frames | Exposure | Camera Temperature | Date | Location |
| 6 | 300 sec | -25°C | 28-Aug-2014 | Tijeras NM |
| 40 | 300 sec | -25°C | 29-Aug-2014 | Tijeras NM |
| 10 | 300 sec | -30°C | 14-Oct-2014 | Tijeras NM |
| 17 | 300 sec | -25°C | 23-Oct-2014 | Ft McKavett TX |
| 17 | 300 sec | -15°C | 24-Oct-2014 | Ft McKavett TX |
| 28 | 300 sec | -20°C | 24-Oct-2014 | Ft McKavett TX |
| 18 | 300 sec | -15°C | 25-Oct-2014 | Ft McKavett TX |
| Other Image Sizes |
| Full Resolution Image - email me |
| Big Image (4837x3286) |
| Large Image (1200x900) |
| Medium Image (800x600) |
| Small Image (750x525) |
