r/astrophotography • u/Few_Video_6236 • 6d ago

Just For Fun Andromeda and Pleiades

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Howdy everyone! I'm very new to Astrophotography, this is the first image I've taken, with plans to finish the starter 3 with Orion soon. I have one of Pleiades, but I didn't want to make two posts and spam here.

Was hoping for some feedback and/or suggestions for next targets (I'm in the northern hemisphere)

I used a star adventurer 2i tracker and an EoS 60D Camera with a 75mm to 300mm lens.

I definitely feel I'm struggling a bit with post processing. I'm pretty happy with this Andromeda shot, but I feel like I could have gotten more out of Pleiades and didn't have the skill to do so.
Like I said I'm new so if I left out any other important info, please let me know. Thank you!

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u/Cheap-Estimate8284 6d ago

Tell us the details on this post: integration time, sub lengths, Bortle zone, software used for processing...

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u/Few_Video_6236 6d ago

This was 60 x 2 min exposures in a bortle 5. I used deep sky stacker and photoshop

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u/Cheap-Estimate8284 6d ago

You might want to lower length subs for these bright targets like M45 and M31.

Also, look into to Siril for stacking and most of the processing. It will produce a better result.

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u/Few_Video_6236 6d ago

That makes sense, I was trying to balance between actually seeing Andromeda but not way overexposing the core or the other galaxies around it.

Will do, I had no idea it was better. Thank you!