M31

[saturn5]

Posted this one in 1st DSO but have since had another crack at processing it.(not as easy as it seems)

Canon350d(unmodded)

Orion Europa 150

HEQ5

10x120s,5x150 and 5x180 IS0800(unguided)

Stacked using DSS and tweaked endlessly in PS CS2

Was great to actually get out last night after weeks or more like months of waiting and tackle this imaging lark,cant learn if you dont get out to do it.

[steppenwolf]

Some great dust lane detail - excellent

[Tim]

certainly a tricky one to process, but I think you've done justice to the data you have there, very nice.

[LostNSpace]

A nice image Saturn, you`ve done ok with the processing considering how hard it is to process......

Mark

[thing]

Lovely image Saturn, good dust clouds. I have yet to do M31 without binning the results, it's a very tricky one.

[Psychobilly]

Hi S5,

Glad you have reworked it and moved it into the DSO section as its a very nice re-process. Seeing as your unguided it might be worth taking another set of subs at ISO 1600 to get some more data for the fainter detail.

M31 is on the list of targets for me to redo with the new setup.I had a quick go at it the other night and the new setup looks good for it and im hoping that my HDR stacking method will suit itself to the target as well.

Billy...