Mall Astrophotography

November 28, 1999

It's been cloudy a lot lately, but was clear tonight (at least, it was at first.) I wanted to try out my new capture software with some dim fuzzy targets, so I shot M31 again and took a crack at M15. Here's what I got:

m15 m31

I don't know why I keep trying to do deep space with my little telescope, but I do. I also took shots of Jupiter and Saturn, but they really aren't that great. A little of it is seeing, but I don't think I focused carefully enough, either. Also, I was using the AutoStar, and I've never thought it drove the telescope very smoothly. Anyway:

jupiter saturn