M31 - My Nemesis Andromeda

[PeterCPC]

I have had problems getting a decent image of M31 due to light pollution and poor seeing but I got this recently and am reasonably happy with it. Took it with the ED80 and modded 1200d - 10 lights at 600secs together with 6 flats, darks and bias. I compared it to the image on the S@N poster and the colours look similar but it's all subjective really I suppose. Any comments welcome.

Peter

[Freddie]

That's a nice job but looking at the histo, the black point is clipped so you have lost some of the faint stuff.

[PeterCPC]

Yes I'm sure that's right - I had such a job processing this because of the LP gradient. Thanks.

Peter

[Freddie]

The histo is your friend and never lies !!!! Well worth keeping an eye on it during processing.

[Tonynexevo925]

Great image Peter

[PeterCPC]

Thanks Tony.

Peter

[laudropb]

Very nice work. Thanks for posting.

[kendg]

Very nice image. Gives me more to aspire to.

[PeterCPC]

Thanks.

Peter

[ollypenrice]

Black clipping isn't the way to lose a gradient, really. I know it's tempting but the best way is to try an aggressive dose of DBE in Pixinsight or the Ps plug-in Gradient Xterminator. If push comes to shove you can pull down individual colour channel gradients using a large soft edged Burn tool in Ps set to Shadows.

I think this image shows a strong red bias though the blues are trying to speak out!

Olly

[PeterCPC]

Thanks Olly.

Peter