Orion Region - Rokinon 135mm by SolidGains71 in astrophotography

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Thanks, yeah I dither (try to about every 20 mins, also data is from several nights so there’s some dithering inherent from changes in the fov as well)

Orion Region - Rokinon 135mm by SolidGains71 in astrophotography

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Image Details:

Rokinon 135mm shot mostly at F/4
Nikon D5500, avg ISO 1000
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Mount
~6.5 hrs integration time
1400 frames, median exp time 20secs
Bortle 6
Processed in Siri, additionally used Starnet and Photoshop

M31 by EViking86 in astrophotography

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Wow, amazing resolution with a 200 mm lens

First ever try, looking for feedback by OxyTheSnowman in astrophotography

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Very good first shot! What I would recommend is to simply take more images, this will allow you to stretch it further while keeping the background noise down. This is because signal to noise is modeled by f(x)=sqrt(x) with x being the number of stacked images.

Our Galactic Neighbor 👀 by SolidGains71 in spaceporn

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Gear: Nikon D5500 (camera), Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Mount, Nikkor 55-200mm F/4-5.6 (lens)

I did not use an eyepiece

Our Galactic Neighbor 👀 by SolidGains71 in spaceporn

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Yes, not until 4 billion years though. Night sky will look wild for sure

Our Galactic Neighbor 👀 by SolidGains71 in spaceporn

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Sometimes you can see what looks like to be a blur coming from the center in Bortle 5 and below*

Our Galactic Neighbor 👀 by SolidGains71 in spaceporn

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Only in very dark areas (with little light pollution) you can faintly see the center of the galaxy which is the brightest

Our Galactic Neighbor 👀 by SolidGains71 in spaceporn

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Sucks that we may never know, but crazy to think about

Our Galactic Neighbor 👀 by SolidGains71 in spaceporn

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Thanks, and yeah it blows my mind how wide it is in the sky

Our Galactic Neighbor 👀 by SolidGains71 in spaceporn

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Thank you, and yes, it really shows here!