My first M31 this season

[R Fisher]

M31 has always been difficult for me, never acheived a satisfactory result with the combination of wide field curvature and RGB LP problems. This is the first attempt this season and probabally my best so far but had to log stretch the image to the limit to get the detail.

Cheers

[Uplooker]

Good capture. I have not managed to get anywhere near that - as yet :-)

[MikeWilson]

Very nice - how much data is in the image and what kit did you use?

[MartinB]

Excellent M31, nicely processed. I like the halo around the galaxy

[Taff]

Very nice capture M31' with M32' M110' nice and clear with you weldone.Mark

[Luke]

Well done, nice shot.

If it's a quick answer, can I ask what a log stretch is?

[Coco]

Wonderful image... big target thats really tough to get right... I think you've done justice to this.. lovely colour and core..

[Shibby]

Very nice indeed! I can't see any evidence of field curvature... what equipment did you use and what exposure?

[Revs]

Really lovely result. Very well done

[R Fisher]

Thanks for the comments, almost gave up while processing but got a decent result in the end.

It was taken with a WO Megrez 90 with MkIII reducer and a mono 4022 Camera. Subs were 6 * 400S Bin1, more than I thought would be needed for RGB.

Cheers

[MikeWilson]

You've done really well for just one set of exposures. I can see dust lane going right into the core. Nice