M31 - My second attempt

[mightymonoped]

Still very much early days in the unfamiliar world of Deep Sky stuff for me.

Captured in difficult conditions (big old Moon), I've tried to be a little less ham-fisted with this one. I've tried not to be too obvious on the colour and also keep the core under control.

Only 40 minutes in 1and 2 minute subs.

ED80 + reducer on NEQ6 using Canon EOS 450d (unmodded)

SW80 + QHY5 guiding

Captured using BackyardEOS

Alignment and Stacking in Maxim DL

Curves + gradient removal in CS2

Can't wait to have a go at this without that big old moon!

Tony

[StarRaver]

Stunning so much detail, and the core looks good much better than my attempt can't wait to see your shot with no moon

[VigdisVZ]

Great job!

[Gina]

Great image - bags of detail