M31.... Almost.

[MARS1960]

I've been at this all day on and off, my processing still sucks

Still, practice makes perfect so i have heard, at least it can't get any worse.

Any help gratefully appreciated.

[peter shah]

Don't be so hard on yourself, to get any result is an achievement. Its very easy to forget how tough this imaging game is. Focus is a little soft but there are always positives that you can take away from the whole imaging session. The dust lanes are showing up nicely and stars are round. you have a slight blue colour bias that can be easily sorted adjusting the black point in the  blue channel.

[Tim]

A few years ago if you took a pic like that you'd be on the telly

As Peter says, pay very close attention to your focus, I see you have a Bahtinov mask, and be really extra careful with focusing, and in these changeable temperature nights, check it every 20 mins or so.

[MARS1960]

1 minute ago, peter shah said:

Don't be so hard on yourself, to get any result is an achievement. Its very easy to forget how tough this imaging game is. Focus is a little soft but there are always positives that you can take away from the whole imaging session. The dust lanes are showing up nicely and stars are round. you have a slight blue colour bias that can be easily sorted adjusting the black point in the  blue channel.

Thanks for the words of encouragement Peter, i guess i'll get there eventually.

We are fortunate enough to have clear skies here again tonight so more practice with the hardware side of things.