4th DecemberM31 Andromeda galaxyTwo panel Mosaic, 17x10 minutes, top half 20x10 minutes lower half There hasn't been a supernova in M31 since 1885 so we are well overdue. ![]() 9th December Poor sky with considerable Moonlight. This is 12x10 minutes. It may not be possible to merge this with the preceding two panels because the Moon introduced gradients. ![]() The gradients were a problem, but careful adjustment in photoshop using curves managed to even the edges up and a 3 pane mosaic was made. ![]() While waiting for M31 to rise I took several shots of the Moon in OIII. Each shot was 0.3 seconds This is the best 20 images stacked in Registax ![]() 20th December, around 7am C/2013 R1 Comet Lovejoy Clear sky in the morning. Some problems with condensation in the camera and the Sun was rising fast. I got 6 frames each in Red, Green and Blue, and each was 40 seconds The blue in the tail is just visible. ![]() 28th December Five adjacent panes now completed. The four central panes: ![]() With the fifth pane (and rotated) ![]() |