M31

[Nikodemuzz]

Finally had the time to process one of the images from last week's clear nights! This is 60x60s exposures, unguided with the WO SpaceCat and Fujifilm X-T3. I accidentally had the ISO set at 5000, but that did not seem to have a large adverse impact compared to other images taken at ISO1600. I read somewhere that the X-T3 should have a largely ISO invariant sensor. I did the processing in PixInsight. I'm very happy with the image! I was fully expecting to spend considerably more time troubleshooting and learning before being able to obtain something like this. 😃 

 

[MarkAR]

Lovely image, ISO5000 doesn't seemed to have done any harm.

[Hughsie]

You should be happy. It’s a lovely capture.

[Nikodemuzz]

Thank you for the compliments! 😃 How does one bring out the colour of the blue stars/globulars in the outer areas of the galaxy? Is it a matter of acquiring more integration time, or processing? I tried bringing up the saturation in the blues, but there doesn't seem to be much blue in my M31 to begin with.

[John Nodding]

Nice to see a lovely image from a fellow Spacecat owner.  👍