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Nov 24-25, 2019 time lapses

I had to setup the tracking mount well before Polaris was visible and my guess at alignment was close enough to keep the planets in the frame for about 80 minutes.
I caught the Starlink satellites at dawn. Clouds obscured them a little, but when the sky turns red look at the lower right of center around the 32 second mark.
Since I was already polar aligned for the tracking mount…

Andromeda with new telescope plus Nov 23-24, 2019 time lapse with star trails

Andromeda - M31

I bought a small refractor and have made my first attempt at stacking multiple exposures. This was made from 211 x 30 second exposures taken over two hours. Telescope: Zenithstar 61 APO <a href="https://williamoptics.com/products/telescope/zenithstar/zenithstar-61" rel="noreferrer nofollow">williamoptics.com/products/telescope/zenithstar/zenithsta...</a> Mount: Star Adventurer <a href="https://www.skywatcherusa.com/collections/star-adventurer/products/star-adventurer-pro-pack" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.skywatcherusa.com/collections/star-adventurer/product...</a> Camera: Sony a6300 <a href="https://www.sony.com/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilce-6300-body-kit" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.sony.com/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilc...</a> Software: DeepSkyStacker <a href="http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html</a>
I bought a small refractor and have made my first attempt at stacking multiple exposures. This was made from 211 x 30 second exposures taken over two hours. Telescope: Zenithstar 61 APO williamoptics.com/products/telescope/zenithstar/zenithsta... Mount: Star Adventurer www.skywatcherusa.com/collections/star-adventurer/product... Camera: Sony a6300 www.sony.com/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilc... Software: DeepSkyStacker deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html
I started out at sunset using a new telescope to image Andromeda and only switched to time lapse after 8:30pm MST. Now that I have a telescope, there’s competition between wide-field time lapse and deep-sky stacking. While I have two cameras, I only have one portable battery bank and sturdy tripod.