M-31: The Great Andromeda Galaxy From Lat= -23 deg

[nandopg]

M-31 is the nearest large galaxy and the most luminous member of our local group. It is distant from Earth by 2.5 milion light years and is thought to be as massive as our Milk Way.
It has magnitude 3.4 and apparent size of 3.1 deg x 1 deg.

This image has been taken from the southern hemisphere ( Lat of -23 deg)  in an exceptional night,  with a TMB 92mm f/5.5. The luminance sub was 10x600sec and the RGB 5x10min bin 2x2 each channel.

Thanks for lookig,

Fernando

[Maximidius]

Up close and personal! Very nice, plenty of detail, the core doesn't look blown out and the dust lanes are very prominent. Just out of curiosity, what value is the black point set at? Great image!! 

[nandopg]

Thank you !!

The background was set around 15, although there is a slight gradient of +/-2 counts due to the altitude of the galaxy, 26 deg max here in Brazil .

Regards,

Fernando

[The Admiral]

Very nice Fernando, as so low in the sky too.

Ian

[nandopg]

Thank you,

Your comment has been very appreciated.
Fernando

[johnrt]

Good stuff, especially as this is a difficult target for you way down in the south.

[JemC]

definately one to be proud of,

[PatrickGilliland]

Great work on a difficult target from there - Paddy

[nandopg]

On 10/10/2016 at 22:07, JemC said:

definately one to be proud of,

Hi Jem,

Thank you veru much

Fernando

On 10/10/2016 at 21:58, johnrt said:

Good stuff, especially as this is a difficult target for you way down in the south.

Hi John,

Thank you very much.  Indeed this image was possible in one very special night.

Fernando

On 11/10/2016 at 15:05, PatrickGilliland said:

Great work on a difficult target from there - Paddy

As I said before, the night that I took this image was particularly outstanding in terms of seeing to get a LRGB image.

Thank you Paddy,

Fernando