First go at M31

[Azure]

Finally got the scope out after a long time (been very busy with exams and whatnot lately)

Anyway here it is, my first go at M31. 106 light frames at ISO 1600 for 30s each. 30 dark frames. Motorized SW 200P with Sony Alpha DSLR. Stacked in DSS and processed in DSS and PS.

I actually found this a lot harder to post process than M51. Was expecting more structure to be visible to be honest. Maybe more data required? Opinions appreciated!

[Amra]

Pretty. M31 is on my to-do list as well!

[Baselessum]

Looks good to me, keep up the good work.

[Daddystu]

Its not so easy to draw out the spiral arm details on this one as it is the face on M51. Still for 30 second exposures thats a very good image. I'll be using a light pollution filter on my next attempt which should hopefully improve contrast against the background.

[DrRobin]

A very fine picture of my favourite deep sky object. It isn't easy to get detail in the spiral arms without over exposing the core, bit you managed it, a great first capture, well done.

Robin

[todd8137]

you got a great 1st image nice detail indeed

pat

[Azure]

Thanks for all the feedback! Much appreciated(:

[Sam Bo]

That's a really great image for a first go!

[WaveSoarer]

That's extremely nice. M31 is enormous and it's a lot wider than the FOV. My first image is quite similar to yours and I want to have a go at a mosaic next time to try to get it all in.