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Originally Posted by wwomanC6
The night was not a complete fail though... I did find Andromeda which is an easy target. This is a one minute exposure at f2.8 @200mm. Exposures that long require a mount that has a motor to move the camera to compensate for the earth's rotation. It was shot on a crop sensor camera so the effective focal length was actually 320mm. The shot is cropped a little to center Andromeda but it's near full frame. Andromeda is HUGE in the sky and can be seen with binoculars.
^This is what TB post in another thread about the same pic.
I'm gonna get my binoculars out tonight and try to find it!  |
Here's how to find it...
http://earthsky.org/?p=2848
Cassiopeia is easy to find and once you find it, Andromeda is easy.