I finally got my telescope and 5DII to a dark site. Saturday I went camping with my 7-year-old daughter at Observatory Campground near Palomar Observatory. She fell asleep around 10pm, leaving me a couple of hours till moonrise, and the large galaxy m33 was well placed. I think it turned out better than what I was getting from my back yard.


The mach 1 mount was tracking so well no guiding was needed. It was pretty much just point and shoot


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m33, 5DII with AP130EDFGT (819mm f/6.3)


iso 1600, 8 exposures of 8 min each stacked with deep sky stacker


A higher resolution version is here. Click the magnifying class in the upper right to see full resolution.