M31 or LMC  
M31

M31(Phil Hart)

Acquisition Date : 4th November, 2005
Camera : Canon 20D
Camera Settings : ISO 400, 87 * 40 second exposures (~1 hour total)
Telescope : Takahashi Epsilon 160 f3.3
Mount : Vixen GP-DX
Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other : Prime Focus
Processing Package / Processing Applied : Images Plus
Dark Frame and Flat Field Calibration
Adaptive Addition and Digital Development
Final Levels, Colour Balance and Saturation with Photoshop.
Web Site : www.philhart.com/astrophotography.php
NOTES : My first night out with my new scope (I used to hate people with Takahashi's..)
Also the first time I have used flat field calibration but it proved essential for this imaging setup.
Got to love Images Plus!

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