Messier 31 - Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic

[RichieJarvis]

Been working on this since I took my central M31 image last week...

This is 5 nights worth of data in 9 frames (because I kept getting it wrong and missing bits!)

I took 10 x LRGB 300/100/100/100 for this image - combined in Maxim, and processed in PS.

Comments welcome!

Full details and a full-rez version on the website here: South Common Observatory

Thanks for looking,

Richie

[GazOC]

Very impressive Richie!!

[Jamie]

Looks all 3D like.....

Cracking image Richie..

[trevboyd]

Very very very nice Richie - definitely worth the time and effort!

Trev

[jgs001]

Wow, that's superb Richie

[arad85]

Stunning...

[malp]

Hi-res image is beautiful, well processed.

[MikeD]

very nice result, well worth the effort you put into it.

Mike.

[NickH]

Gendler-tastic!

[RichieJarvis]

Thanks all

I used the GaBany colour enhancement method for this one - I think it works very well: GaBany method

Cheers,

Richie

[Beyond_Vision]

I think it's your best yet Richie, a great piece of work

Regards

Kevin

[Aza]

I think it's your best yet Richie, a great piece of work

Regards

Kevin

Was gonna say the same

Very well done indeed!

[Psychobilly]

Yep definitely one of your best...

[rich_t]

Cracking image Richie, nicely assembled.

Rich.

[oceanheadted]

Another stunner. I love the detail in the dust trails.

[RichieJarvis]

Thanks all - I've just reprocessed the colour data - do you think this is an improvement?

Full-Rez on website: South Common Observatory

[Beyond_Vision]

Looking better not so clipped on the background

Regards

Kevin

[minimalist]

Awesome image Richie, and thanks especially to the link explaining the different processing methods. Tbh, I never thought about maintaining saturation from the beginning, I've always done it towards the end. Now I have some more learning and experimenting to do.

Daniel

[Tim]

Great image Rich, I was going to do this at kelling but bottled it at the last minute

You could go mad with Andromeda and processing though, there are so many variables and variety of images, the colour especially seems to vary enormously on the well known imagers pics. I like the reprocess here.