Acros - The Andromeda Galaxy
Nodda Duma

Acros - The Andromeda Galaxy

I mounted a B&J 24" f/6.3 aerial reconnaissance lens in a tube so I could mount it to my telescope. Then I hacked a 4x5 back onto the tube so I could shoot 4x5 film with it. Then I shot this photo with a sheet of Fuji Acros.
Location
Brookline NH
Equipment Used
My telescope
Exposure
1 hour
Film & Developer
Fuji Acros in HC-110 dil B 5 minutes
Nice! Guided through the main scope, or is your polar mount aligned well enough for an hour unguided?
 
I have that same lens and after seeing your image I might just drag the beast out and play with it. It is a very impressive lens and very impressive image. JW
 
Wonderfull, we are on our way there, in another few billion years, we will be taken over by Andromeda. I do not think there will ne anyone around to record the event but, Who the hell knows!
 
Thanks, fellas!

@Donald Qualls Autoguided. 15 years ago I would have been staring at a reticle eyepiece making manual corrections. Now I set it up and go inside to play War Thunder for an hour. Still technically very challenging, but at least that neck-breaking tediousness is gone.
 
@Nodda Duma Still must be pretty well aligned, or else you have an autorotator -- and I don't think those are compatible with film cameras.
 
Very cool ! "Acros(s) the Universe" :wink:
You had even captured M32 and M110.
I wonder how you managed to get a focus so good !
 

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andromeda.jpg
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Sat, 22 August 2020 1:29 AM
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