M31 the andromeda galaxy,probably my longest exposure ever

[moonshinegnomie]

17. ive automated a lot of the data aquisition

once i set up i can program a little device i have to take x number of exposures of 5 length. then once it starts shooting i can ignore it until its done x hours later. In the morning I take a series of calibration exposures and then download the whole group onto my computer for processing. thats where the real work is.
stacking all these frames (over 300) took almost 200gb of hard drive space and about 4 hours for my computer to process. then i work on bringing out teh details