3rd attempt at M31, Slowly getting there

[StarRaver]

Morning SGL,

last night I was luckily enough to capture M31 just after sunset, I managed to capture 48 minutes worth of data before the clouds decided to bring an end to my imaging session. ( still patiently waiting for a full clear night )

With this shot i decided to up the iso to 1600, as i was having a little trouble with tracking, and with the clouds slowly rolling in I didnt really want to waste what little time i had trying to sort it out.

This shot comprises of 48 lights at 1600iso, for 60secs, 25 darks, 25 bias, and 25 flats ( yep finaly decided it was time to start using them )

stacked in dss and a very quick attempt at processing, also resized and saved as png for uploading on to the site.

Hopefully when I get anouther clear night I can get some more data to try sort out the SNR, and will I will try to get some shorter exposures for the core detail.

Thank you for looking

Dale

[StarRaver]

Here is a jpeg also

[WaveSoarer]

That's amazing. I like the blues at the outer edges and it's nicely framed also.

[Eddy_J1]

I agree with the blue/purple edges, nice work

[tingting44]

amazing shot mate!!! i cant wait till i am capable of guiding cant wait to see it when you do some shorter exposures to bring out the core, great job buddy so far

[StarRaver]

thank you, this was all un-guided, as i dont have any of that equiptment at the moment lol, that is my next thing on the never ending shopping list.

then i should hopefully be able to pull off 5 min subs,

[Gina]

Excellent image

[StarRaver]

Thank you Gina, I might re-process the data when i have a bit more time as the core isn't as good as it can be.

hopefully when i next get a clear night i will work on getting the core detail to add to this as well as more data for the fainter parts but i could be waiting for some time lol

[sologuitarist61]

Nice one Dale