M31 mosaic - 28 panels, 70 hours etc. etc.

[Mark72]

Finished it finally. Not sure if it was the best way to spend 70 hours. But at least all are at full Moon.

http://www.astrobin.com/24264/B/

Here is the core:

http://www.astrobin.com/24264/0/

Thanks for looking!

Mark

[Gina]

Very nice Just a few more panels to cover the ends

[Daniel-K]

i love the core on that mark you have got lots of fine detail going in to it good job bud

[MarPi]

Wow - amazing image! The galaxy core has great details.

[Tom OD]

The core looks great, some blue colour doesn't line up, but great work to stitch 28 panels.

T

[Anweniel]

28 panels! someones been busy, looks fantastic

[Tim]

Not sure I have sen such a large mosaic on M31 before, what a task! Worth it though, the resolution looks great, what were you working at in arcsecs/pixel??

Nice to see the dust nearer the core blended so that you can see it, so often the core of M31 is so bright that this important information is missed out.

Cheers

Tim

[Tiki]

Fantastic image. What was the typical seeing when you shot this? The detail is impressive.

[ollypenrice]

Another complement on the core. You have gone a long way in there. Impressive.

Olly

[Spikey]

You've made a very impressive job of that Mark, loadsa detail!

[Velvet]

very impressive I love it

velvet

[Chris]

I've never seen this much detail at the core before its pretty spectacular. What an undertaking a massive congrats on finsishing your mammoth project!

[JamesF]

Stunning. I have to keep reminding myself that the stars in that image are close to us and that M31 is far away, and in many ways similar to how we might see our own galaxy from the outside. And our entire solar system would be a totally indiscernable (is that a word?) speck somewhere towards the edge.

James

[Black Knight]

Crikey O'Reilly! I haven't got a screen large enough to view it! Extraordinary

[Rihard]

Stunning pic !

[Mark72]

Thanks for your comments guys!

I tried to improve it a bit.

Not sure I have sen such a large mosaic on M31 before, what a task! Worth it though, the resolution looks great, what were you working at in arcsecs/pixel??

Nice to see the dust nearer the core blended so that you can see it, so often the core of M31 is so bright that this important information is missed out.

Cheers

Tim

Luminance was at 0.56''/pixel

Mark