This is my photo of the Andromeda Galaxy. Many astrophotographers have imaged it as it is one of the most popular targets, but this one is mine! I am finally proud of this attempt at imaging this guy. I have tried for several years to get a good set of data for this target, and never really got the hang of the processing. After working hard at it, I finally got the right set of images and learned a more effective way to process them—despite not really having any dedicated astrophotography cameras or telescopes.
If you like this shot, feel free to check meowt on my Instagram @danieljstein I mostly do Milky Way landscape, but I occasionally play around with deep space stuff like this.
I also have a website here you can peruse my work as well!
I stacked 108 images which I took using my stock DSLR camera (Nikon D850), a telephoto lens (Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6), and a star tracker (iOptron Skyguider Pro). Each shot was exposed for 30 seconds, f/5.6, ISO 3200, zoomed to 500mm. I also took 40 shots called dark frames after this which help reduce noise when properly processed in post production.
After sitting on these images for a few days, I finally had some time to stack and process them. I used Pixinsight to do the bulk of the processing, then I brought this into PS where I applied the tilt shift effect to yield this final result. Any questions about this image? Feel free to ask below, I am happy to answer them!
There are at least a dozen alien species somewhere in that mass of dots. Whether or not they're intelligent is another matter, but they are out there somewhere.
![image showing Using less than an hour of data, I was able to make my best photo of the Andromeda Galaxy to date! [OC]](425d7ad2-38d1-57a6-b5e4-c507c8a1790c.jpg)
DanielJStein on January 5th, 2020 at 00:01 UTC »
This is my photo of the Andromeda Galaxy. Many astrophotographers have imaged it as it is one of the most popular targets, but this one is mine! I am finally proud of this attempt at imaging this guy. I have tried for several years to get a good set of data for this target, and never really got the hang of the processing. After working hard at it, I finally got the right set of images and learned a more effective way to process them—despite not really having any dedicated astrophotography cameras or telescopes.
If you like this shot, feel free to check meowt on my Instagram @danieljstein I mostly do Milky Way landscape, but I occasionally play around with deep space stuff like this.
I also have a website here you can peruse my work as well!
I stacked 108 images which I took using my stock DSLR camera (Nikon D850), a telephoto lens (Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6), and a star tracker (iOptron Skyguider Pro). Each shot was exposed for 30 seconds, f/5.6, ISO 3200, zoomed to 500mm. I also took 40 shots called dark frames after this which help reduce noise when properly processed in post production.
After sitting on these images for a few days, I finally had some time to stack and process them. I used Pixinsight to do the bulk of the processing, then I brought this into PS where I applied the tilt shift effect to yield this final result. Any questions about this image? Feel free to ask below, I am happy to answer them!
GoddyofAus on January 5th, 2020 at 00:29 UTC »
There are at least a dozen alien species somewhere in that mass of dots. Whether or not they're intelligent is another matter, but they are out there somewhere.
CasualPrevaricator on January 5th, 2020 at 00:54 UTC »
I really don't need this existential crisis right now.