M31 or LMC  
M31 - Chiefland

M31 - Chiefland(Christine Hudnall)

Acquisition Date : November 5, 2005 - Chiefland, FL
Camera : Canon Rebel (300D - Unmodified)
Camera Settings : ISO 800, WB:Daylight, RAW, Wireless Remote
Telescope : Orion 80ED piggybacked on 8" Meade SCT - Unguided
Mount : Losmandy G-11 w/Gemini
Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other : Prime Focus using 2" adapter
Processing Package / Processing Applied : IP 2.10 - Aligned, combined and processed
PSCS - Levels, Curves, Hue/Sat, AstronomyTools Actions, GradientXterminator and Neat Image
Web Site : http://www.pbase.com/skyarcher
NOTES : 4 images totalling 8m39s.
First Light and first night with new mount and new scope. Also, first time using IP!

This image is dedicated to Bob Veazey, Paul Gardner and Tony Menendez with CFAS, Charlie Warren and Joe Mize with CAV. If it wasn't for all of you, I'd still be staring at the boxes and muttering under my breath.

Long way to go in the learning process, but not a bad start I don't think. :-)

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