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Community photo entitled Our next closest neighbor, Andromeda by Steve Schaum on 07/24/2025 at Olivebridge, NY. USA

Our next closest neighbor, Andromeda

On 07/24/2025 11:00 pm by Steve Schaum | Website | Olivebridge, NY. USA

It was Thursday night, I saw a weekend full of clouds and no real opportunity to do some night sky photography. After work, I went home grabbed my gear and took a 103 mile drive north to the Catskills, set up and imaged Andromeda for an hour. Packed up and drove the 104 miles back home.

Nikon Z7II, Nikon 80-200mm lens, and a Star Adventurer Tracker.

I took 122 photos at 30 seconds each, plus 30 darks, biases, and flat frames and stacked them all in Siril. Once stretched I removed the stars, brought the galaxy into Photoshop and edited it from there. Added the stars back in Siril and exported out this final result.