andromeda revisit 4

The previous visits have been with various telescopes of vastly varying quality. This year it was the turn of the €200 SkyWatcher 130p with the cheepo 0.9x coma corrector to give 585mm fl. Still not able to fit in the whole galaxy.

The other reto being to automatically get 72 frames with me doing something else other than sitting next to a telescope taking photos. All went well up until the meridian flip at 23:14. It flipped fine and began imaging. Alas, it didn't restart the guiding. So almost 72 frames without human intervention.

l to r galaxies m31, m32 and m110 in andromeda
700d on 130pds    72x300s @ ISO800