Inspired by many others we tried to capture M31 with our own equipment, an old Fuji camera with a 80mm lens.

The only additional tool we used for this shot was a cheap used star tracker so we could expand each shot to 20s. We captured a total of 411 shots which leads to a total exposure time of about 2h17m.

For our first try we are very pleased with the result!

  • plantsandtrees@feddit.deOP
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    1 year ago

    My lens is f2.8. Of course the bigger the aperture the better, but as Andromeda is really bright a slower lens will work just fine. As I‘m only a beginner myself I can recommend the Youtube channel ‚nebula photos‘.