M16/M17 and M31 were my very first DSOs

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Nick Large avatar
M16/M17 and M31 are my very first DSO images.

In Aug. 2020, as I was trying to take a photo of Saturn or Jupiter (I can't remember) and ended up poorly framing my image, i realized there was something red on my image.
It took me sometime to realize it was a nebula! I was super excited. And I started to shoot images randomly in that Southern part of the Sky (ended up with a couple of clusters and 2 nebulae: M16 & M17).


The following nigh I tried taking picture in the opposite direction and I ended up with M31 (which was pretty low on the horizon).


This is how I got started in Deep-Sky Astrophotography.

Since then, These 3 objects served as references for my journey and progression in Astrophotography.


My progression in Astrophotography (M31, M16 & M17)
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Ian Dixon avatar
Thanks Nick.. I was just beginning in 2020 or so.. as were you.  I posted a bunch of my early unguided and manually solved images on this forum.  

I love that you were excited to see the red nebula, as if by magic, on your screen!  smile

First images - what a cool idea.

Ian