Inspired by many others we tried to capture M31 with our own equipment, an old Fuji camera with a 80mm lens.

The only additional tool we used for this shot was a cheap used star tracker so we could expand each shot to 20s. We captured a total of 411 shots which leads to a total exposure time of about 2h17m.

For our first try we are very pleased with the result!

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    Very great results, thank you for sharing!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Gorgeous shot of the neighbours!

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I used a Fuji XT2 with a 80mm Fujinon lens. As a mount I used the Star adventerer 2i.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What’s the aperture of the lens? Is really fast necessary for capturing galaxies?

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    That's great. We can't see andromeda much in Australia but I've always wanted to see it through a telescope

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    In a few millions of years you can take a close up

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I gotta try that! I just upgraded my camera from a Nikon D50 to a D3500 and it sparked a new interest in photography. I also have a 200mm lens.

    Edit: oops, it's a 105mm lens. The 200mm one broke, altho it might still be good for this since it's the autofocus that broke.

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