M31 1000d - Steady progress!

[Johnboy2011]

This was taken last night and is the first time I've had a go at combining lights, darks flats and bias. I stacked in DSS and had a crude stab at processing in GIMP. Taken with the kit in my sig.

48 x 300s lights ISO800 with clip in LPF (I could guide for longer but would burn out the core?)

30 x 300s darks

Flats

Bias

I am very happy that I am moving in the right direction but also feeling the lure of mono CCD when I look at the quality of others on here! I wonder whether I would be better without the LP filter and processing out, I do have bad LP here? Also would getting Photshop Elements be the way forward, I understand it's much cheaper than the full blown version?

If anyone has any tips or advice I would welcome being nudged in the right direction!

Thanks,

John

[Dipper]

Very nice image! Only advice I have is to crop out the black edges from the bottom and the sides. They probably appear after processing.

[jeremy1]

Nice picture

[Gina]

Yes, nice