Andromeda Galaxy

[split spire]

The Andromeda Galaxy, captured using a RedCat-71! Anyone else into astrophotography at a young age?

[outer mirage]

I like this pic

[wise depot]

I'm 13, love this hobby!

[split spire]

cool..! I started off when I was like 10-11 years old

[earnest locust]

how long have u been at it?

[wise depot]

I actually started like 2 years ago so I guess we started at the same age.

[outer mirage]

I've been playing around with my phone recently, everytime I take a pic I gotta zoom in to actually see stars and the other stuff, we got clouds here rn so no chance for me to try and fix this

[split spire]

about 4 - 5 years, lockdown kinda helped me get the interest

[split spire]

cool! Whats your scope?

like, your rig

[split spire]

Same here as of now, cloudy as hell

Here is my rig:

Scope(DSO): RedCat-71(348mm fl) + guide scope (200mm fl)
Scope(Planetary): Mak Bresser 152(1900mm fl, 6 inch mirror)
Mount: iOptron GEM-28
Camera: ASI183MC pro (main), ASI768(i think) (guide)
Sometimes use a filter (wardrobe)

Also, I use an ASIAir to make things easier (Started off with stellarmate and astroberry, some parts of those were good)

[wise depot]

My rig:
Telescope: SkyWatcher R80/400
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6R
Camera: Panasonic Lumix GX85
No guiding, and no computer control, no filters.

[split spire]

cool..!

I started off with my planetary scope and a manual mount

ripped off the lens from a webcam to expose the bare sensor

worked like a charm (for a while)

also used my DSLR back then

[night fiber]

yes