M31 - 7.5 hours

[jgs001]

I managed to get another 4 odd hours on Saturday night... I would have had an hour more, but my camera battery ran flat.. as did the spare, and I didn't realise ... ho hum...

Anyway

76 x 6 Minutes, 33 Flats, no Bias or Darks

Guided with a DSI on the Vista 80s with PHD

Click the image for a bigger version.

[MikeP]

Now that really is a cracker John.

Mike

[rich_t]

That's some serious exposure time you've got there:) Looking very nice indeed John.

Rich.

[jgs001]

Thanks guys...

Another couple of hours wouldn't hurt Rich , but I'm happy with it.

[MikeD]

The time you've put in to this has paid off....... excellent result.

Mike.

[Vega]

Fantastic result John, did you use an LP filter?

Matt

[jgs001]

Thanks guys..

Matt, it's a combination of the CLS filter (first night) and the SW LPR filter (the remaining nights). I did do a very slight reduction in the green channel around M32.

[Herakles]

Stonker John, the extra time you are putting into this is deff paying dividends.

[rawhead]

That's a beautiful image John. Well done

Cheers

Jon

[malp]

Great image, lovely detail and colour.

[Taff]

Hi John' what a cracking picture of the 3 of them.Nice and clear with you great colour.Mark

[jgs001]

Thanks very much Guys

[Tim]

Really like that one John. You might be able to pull out a little more from the core as well, I usually find that the dust lanes have good detail almost to the centre, it's just tricky bringing them out.

Great shot anyways, looks very natural and clean.

[barkis]

Dedication brings rewards John, and you put some real time into this, and it rewarded you well. Certainly a great benchmark you've set here.

Ron.

[jgs001]

Thanks very much Guys... Tim.. I think there might be, and I'll have a play, but I'm not sure that's within my processing abilities as yet...

[MaCross]

Wow! Fantastic! 7.5 hours... what a dedication!!! I get cold after only two minutes :-)

[Deneb]

I missed this pic, congrats on just a fine image.

[gary1968]

Well done John, that is a cracker. You should be well pleaased with that one.

Gary

[jgs001]

Thank you very much...Martina, lots of layers, although it was much colder on Saturday night, and it didn't help that much. Gary, I am.

[MartinB]

The hard work has paid off John. That's a great M31

[jgs001]

Thanks very much Martin

[Ant]

Oooo very nice John. I do like a nice M31 and thats a cracker!

So hard to get the outer detail and not much up the core - you've done good job on the processing!

Ant

[ollypenrice]

That IS good. Exposure time is never wasted...

Olly

[Sam]

Lots of detail coming out of the one John, Great image!

Sam

[Ibbo!]

Hi John

It looks very good

have you a link to something a bit bigger so we can see it in all its glory

Steve