M31 With a little help from my friends

[robindurant]

Latest attempt after receiving advice from two SGL members

Robin

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[trevboyd]

That's very nice, Robin

Trev

[CELESCOPE]

Very nice image indeed Robin , is that the final process now ,as it looks great .

Rog

[jgs001]

Very nice Robin

[robindurant]

Hi Rog

"Final process" yes I can't do any more with it with my limited capabilities. I would be interested if any one else could get a better result. The thing to bear in mind is that I live in Brighton and the skies are mostly carp. I'm sure the result is due to this factor.

This was 40 stacked out of 100 so I had enough subs.

Robin

[Psychobilly]

Nice one Robin a pretty smooth image.

Billy...

[CELESCOPE]

Hi Robin, yes have to agree, thats why i dont do many , i have bad light pollution where its best to catch them ,but once they move to the east and highter up i I,m ok.but what you have done is still a nice image , so be pleased with that , DSO Nebs will be better for you, so guiding will be needed ,this i,m sure will give you far more pleasure,as filters here will make the job far easier.

Rog

[Jeff RV]

Nice image Robin, I'd be extremely happy with that.

Jeff.

[Cloudwatcher]

I had a tinker using Hue/Saturation in Photoshop...............

Not sure it's a better result though.

Cheers

CW

[Taff]

Great picture with all the stars in the backround.Taff

[mik]

Hello Robin did a bit of contrast masking to see if i could bring down the bright core and bring out dustlanes

First duplicate layer and apply Gaussian blur 9.9 px in this case.

Next adjustments,invert.

Then goto layers box change blending mode from normal to overlay you may need to fiddle with opacity i left it to 100 in this case

Finish off with some curves.

here is results Mick. ps sorry forgot to set blackpoint tis a bit blue

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[steppenwolf]

Looking very good indeed, Robin

[robindurant]

Many thanks Guys

Robin

[robindurant]

Thanks Mik for the great tip. Had another go at it and I think its the best so far?

Robin

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[mik]

Your welcome Robin that looks better.

Mick

[barkis]

You did good Robin, you may have had a little help, but It's your M31, and very nice it is.

Ron.