Took my first shot of Andromeda from my driveway in Reno and it finally looks like a galaxy, not a smudge

Gray Baker · 2026-09-27T01:55:03.007338+00:00

Spent 3 nights learning that stacking 40 ten-second shots beats one long exposure because my cheap mount drifts after about 15 seconds. Anyone else shooting from light-polluted skies, what ISO are you running?

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Took my first shot of Andromeda from my driveway in Reno and it finally looks like a galaxy, not a smudge | Astronomy Photos - Topic Shares