IrrelevantAstronomer OP t1_itptv8o wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:58 PM

Reply to comment by avittamboy in I created a two panel mosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy with my 72mm refractor telescope [OC] by IrrelevantAstronomer

Significantly more difficult, unfortunately. You'd probably need to get 10+ hours of data to get something remotely similar.

IrrelevantAstronomer OP t1_ithq4n5 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 7:03 PM

Reply to I created a two panel mosaic of the Andromeda Galaxy with my 72mm refractor telescope [OC] by IrrelevantAstronomer

Telescope: Apertura 72mm F/6 Doublet Refractor

Camera: ZWO ASI 183MC Pro

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

Imaging: Each panel was comprised of 24 five minute exposures, captured at a gain of 120.

Processing: Captured with NINA, processed in PixInsight with a final touchup in Photoshop.

Story: If you live in Central Florida, you may have heard of a park known as "Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park" about 2 hours south of Orlando. It's a Bortle 3 zone that I setup at last night. I spent about 6 hours last night working on this image. This is a two panel mosaic shot entirely with a color camera - no filters, just my camera and telescope. Also got terrible ant bites, but that's the cost of astrophotography in a water-logged Florida.