ANALYSIS AND IMAGE ENHANCHEMENTS

IMAGERS NAME
JEFF G. ANTANTIS
09/12/06
LOCATION Lat. 27° 56' 51" Long. -82° 27' 30"

 
OBJECT ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M-31)
SCOPE ORION SKYVIEW PRO 8" REFLECTOR
MOUNT
Orion Pro Eq. & True Track Dual-Axis Drive
CAMERA Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
CAPTURE SW DSLR FOCUS V-3.0
EXPOSURE 25 exp @ 70sec. Stacked
EXP TYPE Piggybacked & Tracked
ISO 1600
 
Processing SW Adobe Photoshop
Stacking SW RegiStax


OBSERVING NOTES AND COMMENTS

The bright core at the center of the Great Galaxy is what is seen visually through scopes of my size. The long exposure time and CMOS chip starts to reveal the outer spiral structure.