m31

[MilwaukeeLion]

Andromeda last night. DSLR, 80mm refractor, iso 1600, 120 sec x 30 subs, 22 darks, 25 bias, 21 flats, processed in PI.  Seeing good, temp cool, some dew. 

G11 prefers heavy scope, always a pain guiding light setup.  Read about some tying weight with rope help keep RA engaged, may try it next time.

Image below uncropped - binned result.  New to PI prob made some mistakes.  Few hot pixels in red made it through, large stars brighter on one side than other and flats missed a dust bunny unsure why on all of above.

One of better images ive taken in awhile flaws and all.  Got some data on N.A, & Pelican nebulas need to process.  

Clear skies!

[geordie85]

A lovely image, seems to be lacking colour though. 

[rickwayne]

Nice! And hello from far-away Madison!

[tooth_dr]

I like this wider field view, with plenty of detail in the galaxy but also some space around it.  I hope you dont mind I flipped it 180deg, I prefer to look at it that way!

 

Adam.

[Paul M]

I like the wide view too. I think something of the nature of the thing gets lost in close crops, unless it's intentional to pick out particular features. 

It's a lovely natural image.