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Old 01-14-2010, 11:11 PM
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Default Andromeda galaxy using 75-300mm lens...
This is M31 also known as the Andromeda galaxy which is approximately 2,500,000 light years away from us which means if you travelled at the speed of light, it would take you 2 and a half million years to get there. Even though it is quite a distance from us it's the closest galaxy to us. This was taken using my 350D and 75-300mm lens attached to my scope so i could track the night sky. The scope was not used for the pic only just so i could tape my camera to it and have tracking. This is about 20 exposures of about 5 mins each then stacked using stacking software. This pic was pic of the day at astronomy.com

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Fantastic image, thanks for posting it for us to marvel at. You are giving me a lens inadequacy complex!

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Wow! Amazing photograph...or should I say "photographs"?
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Wow, that's awsome. And congrats on the photo of the day - great work!
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WOW!! That's all I can say.
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Really nice shot, I want to try astrophotography. My hubby got a nice telescope for xmas. What stacking software do you use, I've been researching some, but really don't know which way to go.
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That is beautiful, congrats on the shot of the day. Great work!!!
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Very impressive work.
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That is SO cool!
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Really nice shot, I want to try astrophotography. My hubby got a nice telescope for xmas. What stacking software do you use, I've been researching some, but really don't know which way to go.
Deepskystacker is what i used for this one. It's free. Also registax is free and great for stacking. It's a bit complicated but a great program...

Thanks everyone for the comments...
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