My first andromeda :)

[Lee85]

my first attempt at andromeda i am very happy indeed

29 light frames @30 sec

20 dark

10 bias

[Ganymede12]

That's stunning!

That's one more astrophotographer in SGL then!

[Gina]

Good one

[farunj]

Awesome!! Stunning!!

[SJJ]

Good detail. Nice image.

[mart rich]

Excellent. Just starting down that road myself........

Keep up the good work

Martin

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[Moon monkey]

very good start ...

its big ent it )

[Chris]

Great first M31 there, impressive how much detail you've brought out with only 30 second subs!

[Ant]

I won POW on SGL (quite some time ago) with an image of M31 taken with only 30 second subs.

If I may, you need to take some FLATS. At least some of the bright central area is caused by vignetting - the brightness changes to black in the corners very quickly.

I would suggest 20 flats - these can be done the following day as long as you leave the camera attached to the scope in the same position (focus and orientation). Get a white T shirt and cover the front of the scope, make sure that the T shirt is clean, not patterned and not creased over the front. I used to use a bungee strap to hols the T Shirt in place.

Flats remove the vignetting - or at least minimize it. You also need a lot more lights - try for 100. With FLATS and more lights, processing will become easier.

How are you connecting the 1000D to the scope? Is it through a 2" or 1.25" focuser?

Cheers

Ant

[nightfisher]

Thats a really good first M31, well done neighbour

[andyo]

nice one

[rodrigol]

Congrats!

[stellawolf]

Very nice image well done