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M31 C6 hyperstar 21 minute total exposure, Rick Evans
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M31 C6 hyperstar 21 minute total exposure

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January 31, 2023 was my first light with a new C6 hyperstar rig.  The moon was gibbous and high and for imaging without a filter there was no avoiding the light gradient that it caused. I only had one hour between dense cloud banks to image.  I used half an hour on the green comet and then turned to M31 for the second half hour.  I only got 21 minutes on M31 in the end as clouds moved in slightly earlier than expected from my detailed forecast.  Anyway, not a very good M31 image but with such new equipment you have to start someplace.

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M31 C6 hyperstar 21 minute total exposure, Rick Evans