By Ingrid Rosenback | 2020-12-13
On 12/16/2020 08:00 pm by Cameron Frankish| Vennford Reservoir, Dartmoor, Devon, UK
First serious attempt at imaging Andromeda with my new lens.
There was a 2 hour clear sky window forecast in the weather, so I decided to head up to Dartmoor (Class 3/4 Bortle). 5 mins after setting up the camera the cloud came in! I hung around and it cleared briefly but then it started raining - I was getting cold and fed up and was on the verge of giving up when it cleared properly and stayed clear allowing me to capture this image :-)
Next time I'll try 800 shots to see if I can resolve the faint detail around the edge of the galaxy.
Nikon D5200
Samyang F2/135mm Prime lens
ISO 800
1.3 secs exposure
400 lights and 20 darks stacked in Sequator, cropped and colour balanced in Luminar 4