Carden avatar
Hello everyone   

I just started getting into astrophotography, and I love it.  I use a Sony a6000 with a 210 mm lens.  I shoot trackless-astrophotography, and I am located in the northern part of Texas, close to Dallas  (Bortle 5).   I just started astrophotography 4 days ago, 2 of the 4 have been cloudy so.. not ideal..  However, I was able to attempt a shot at the Andromeda Galaxy.  Because I'm doing trackless-astro, it was harder to capture but I want too see what you guys think.  How does it look, for my first ever astro shot (Processed in PhotoShop)?

I took 100 1.3 second exposure shots, constantly re-aligning M31 every 20 frames or so.  I did take calibration frames as well.  (25 of each)

Please leave feedback, because I definitely need some!

Also, if you don't mind, please consider following my astrophotography instagram account astro.on.a.budget
 
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Kevin Milazzo avatar
Very nice for a first shot, Some of the dark lanes are starting to show. Nice work.
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