M31 Revisted

[Tommy B]

After taking my first M31 a couple weeks back I thought I'd try and see what I could do about the noise and get to grips with some new processing techniques as Im still quite in the dark when it comes to this stage. The result is a softer but cleaner image that I really like.

Originally the galaxy was horizontal so I could fit it in the field of view but I rotated it this time and cloned some stars to fill the corners.

The large scale original did end up a tad too blurred as well but reducing the size has helped hide that a bit.

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Thanks for looking

[MartinB]

You've got some great extended detail in the dust lanes. Far far better than my first M31. Maybe just tone the colour down a little since the level of saturation is throwing up a few artefacts