Bristlecone Observatory BRISTLECONE OBSERVATORY

First Light!

Bristlecone Observatory is up and running! I wanted to choose an easy object to test. M31 is a large, bright target that happens to be fairly forgiving. The photo below was the result of about 60 minutes of exposures. After throwing out a few with guidance problems and processing the rest in PixInsight, this was the result.

The core is a bit oversaturated, but I’ll work toward better on a different night.