The Great Galaxy in Andromeda
In the nights from 20th to 21st and 21st to 22nd August I have been capturing the Great Galaxy in Andromeda. I used my 8″ f/4.5 Newton which means 900mm of focal length and too small FOV to get the entire galaxy into one frame so I decided to make a mosaic. I spend the first night for the right part and second for the left part of the image. I combined them in Photoshop. All other data about image are:
Object: M31 and M32 (Andromeda Galaxy)
Date and Location: 20. and 21. 8. 2009, Mali Orehek, Slovenia
Exposition: 2×1 mosaic: 30 x 5min and 36 x 5min
Camera: Canon 350D, Baader mod., ISO 800, RAW
Optics: Orion Optics Europa 20cm f/4.5
Mount: Vixen GP-DX SS2K
Autoguiding: SW 80/400 with QHY5
Processed in: Iris, Ps
M31 and M32 @ photo: Primož Cigler
I hope you like it, I am very satisfied with the result. More is coming soon… 
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Great website you have here, and uber nice shot of M31. Gives me something more to shoot for (pardon the pun) my next time out. Your site looks great, and inspired me tonight to get my own astrophoto blog going again soon.
http://ranger-bob.net/?p=1440
PS – A shot I took back in 2003, that made APOD. I’ve been away from this past time for way to long.. but I’m back. =)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap031104.html
You’re doing some really fine work and with relatively modest equipment that almost any enthusiast could afford. IMHO your photos are getting real close to some of the best amateur shots I’ve seen, but all those were taken with big Ritchy-Chretian scopes, ST11000 CCD cameras and often from the dark skies of New Mexico by remote control. Inspiring!