peter shah Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) M31 the Andromeda Galaxy bathed in ionised Hydrogen. Imaged from Spain with the FSQ 106ed at f3.6 and the stunning ZWO ASI-6200 full frame Cmos camera. Exposure times were 140 x 240s frames in H-a with LRGB 100 x 180s in each channel a total of nearly 31hours. The faint H-alpha in the background was very difficult for me to pull out probably making this my most challenging process to date. Thanks for looking Peter Shah here is a revised version with some work done on the the background Luminance layer that was showing some additional structure Edited July 27, 2021 by peter shah 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 That is stunning Peter. Who knew there was all this Ha surrounding M31. Carole 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Carastro said: That is stunning Peter. Who knew there was all this Ha surrounding M31. Carole Thank you Carole....I cant say it was easy to spot, I had to do some work to pull it out. Its incredibly faint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Holdsworth Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Wow !! That is truly outstanding. Best one I've seen of M31 👍 Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, P Holdsworth said: Wow !! That is truly outstanding. Best one I've seen of M31 👍 Paul Thank you Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmot Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Now that is what I call a picture! Stunning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymonoped Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Wow! That’s just on another level altogether! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Excellent image Peter. Everything from the background nebula to the core is perfect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 50 minutes ago, Marmot said: Now that is what I call a picture! Stunning. 50 minutes ago, mightymonoped said: Wow! That’s just on another level altogether! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 20 minutes ago, AstronomyUkraine said: Excellent image Peter. Everything from the background nebula to the core is perfect. Thank you, it was a massive challenge to pull it out the signal was so faint. But I am quite pleased with the end result. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterBolt Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 11 hours ago, peter shah said: M31 the Andromeda Galaxy bathed in ionised Hydrogen. Imaged from Spain with the FSQ 106ed at f3.6 and the stunning ZWO ASI-6200 full frame Cmos camera. Exposure times were 140 x 240s frames in H-a with LRGB 100 x 180s in each channel a total of nearly 31hours. The faint H-alpha in the background was very difficult for me to pull out probably making this my most challenging process to date. Thanks for looking Peter Shah That's tremendous 🤯 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Excellent work Peter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonyme Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 One of the best images of Andromeda I have ever seen. It's beautiful Peter. Gary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 13 hours ago, Sonyme said: One of the best images of Andromeda I have ever seen. It's beautiful Peter. Gary 13 hours ago, MarkAR said: Excellent work Peter. Thank you Both.....here is a revised version with some work done on the the background Luminance layer that was showing some additional structure 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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