First attempt at Andromeda Galaxy

[Guest]

Finally having a scope with a field of view wide enough to image the Andromeda Galaxy, this is our first result. It has been shot over the last two nights and is lacking data yet- we also intend to grab some ha to bring out the h2 regions. It is a combination of 14 x 10 minutes luminance and 6 x 10 minutes each in rgb, taken with the Atik 460EX through the Tak FSQ85, processed in Pixinsight. We also used some short exposures to help tackle the core. We have some way to go with this target still, but we are quite pleased with our initial result considering the short run used.

All comments welcome.

Dave and Zoe

[xtreemchaos]

thats a great first go mate,cracking detail well done.thanks for sharing  charl

[Space Cowboy]

That is looking seriously good!

[JeremyS]

Amazing, Dave & Zoe!

Are you sure it's your first attempt?  ;-)

Jeremy

[Tzitzis]

WOW! That's your first attempt? Really? WOW

[belfieldi]

That's an amazing 1st attempt, can't wait for the 2nd!!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Cracking first attempt! I would be really pleased with that.

[Guest]

Thank you everyone so much- it makes all the lost sleep worthwhile to have such lovely comments

[toxic]

lovely image indeed nice detail and framed well.

[laudropb]

That is a very special image. Well done and thanks for posting.

[geordie85]

It's images like this that make sleepless nights worthwhile and very inspiring.

Good show sir

[Fay]

Very nice M31, nicely processed, good colour!

Fay

[PeterCPC]

Outstanding image - very well done.

Peter

[Guest]

Thank you everyone

[Lewis Mark Williams]

If thats your first attempt i think your second attempt may blow my brain !! Excellent !!!!!

[Mr Spock]

I'd give up sleep for an image like that - awesome!

[whizzbang]

congratulations that is some seriously good first effort 

[Vox45]

Simply amazing ! I can't stop looking at it so much details and the colors are just perfect.

Great work of art

[pyrasanth]

I find it difficult to be critical of other work if I can't produce better myself!- that's a lovely picture- loads of detail. However you appear to have a few gradients which you could look at removing. That would make a real substantial difference as the data you have is very strong. I love M31 I took a picture of the core which came out well. I struggle with the light pollution from my location but I'm going to work at it particularly as I now have both the Atik 11000 & the RASA. What I don't have is good weather! 

[ollypenrice]

That's very good, isn't it. It has a natural look and yet is rich in fine detail. You're finding structures well into the core without this looking forced.

You do have an issue along the bottom, though. There's a green band along the bottom left and, above that, a magenta strip right across. Could this be generated in DBE? Are you very careful to crop out all edge artefacts before applying it? This is vital. Or maybe you need to up the 'Tolerance' value in DBE?

Olly

[T-WING]

Seriously nice. Well done!

I also find it hard to criticise but perhaps less denoiseing would make it even better?