Andromeda Galaxy

Posted by Wesley on Tuesday, December 17. 2013

Part of constellation Andromeda taken by Canon SX50 HS

Zooming in near the Andromeda Galaxy (20% size)

Andromeda Galaxy

City lights and lack of star tracker doesn't mean I couldn't try harder. Zooming in four times more, extreme ISO setting with shorter shutter speed was used to counteract the movements of the stars. Stacking more photos also helped.

In the end, the Andromeda Galaxy became definitely more visible. It now vaguely looks like an ellipse instead of a faint blob.

Settings: Canon SX50 HS - 192mm - ISO 6400 - 5s - f/5.6
Time: 2013-12-15 22:09 - 22:14 KST
Location: Suwon, Korea
18 photos stacked with RegiStax 6.1.0.8

Defined tags for this entry: Andromeda, astronomy, Canon SX50 HS, galaxy, star

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