the andromeda galaxy as an HDR

[moonshinegnomie]

the andromeda galaxy is big and bright. the problem is the core is so much brighter than the rest its easy to blow it out. I wanted to try HDR techniques to prevent that.
This is a combination of 15 second,30 second,1 minute,3 minute,and 5 minute exposures,a total exposure time of 3 hours at iso 400

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Wow!

Great job, my dear moonshinegnomie!
You’ve got the deep sky stuff down!

[2naSalit]

2. He sure does!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

3. Perfect!

Thanks for sharing.

[AmBlue]

4. Holy smokes!!

This is absolutely STUNNING!! Bravo!! And thank you for sharing!

[HAB911]

5. Love it!

[airplaneman]

6. Pin saved - hope you don't mind n/t.

[moonshinegnomie]

8. not at all :)

[AverageOldGuy]

7. Splendid

I'm lucky enough to live in a rural, dark-sky area of Virginia where the Potomac River joins the Chesapeake Bay. A few times, mostly in the winter when humidity is low, Andromeda is a naked-eye object here -- it's just a dim smudge naked-eye, not much better in binos. We had two good nights last week, I caught Andromeda both nights, binos.

My telescope is a 12-inch Dob, so astrophotography is pretty much out of the question, although I've had a little luck shooting Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn using a point-and-shoot camera held up to the eyepiece -- it's hit or miss.

[moonshinegnomie]

9. planets are hard

ive never had success with them but you need large focal lengths to see details. like 4000mm+. a lot of people shoot short videos for planets and stack individual frames.

this show it with 344mm of focal length on an old sony a6000 camea

[alfredo]

10. That is lovely.