M31 - Andromeda (my first galaxy) (Danny Lee)

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M31 - Andromeda (my first galaxy), Danny Lee

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M31 - Andromeda (my first galaxy)

After 12 faithful years with my EQ5 I've finally retired the old girl and taken delivery of a ZWO AM5. It was a shake up between that and an EQ6 R Pro, ultimately the weight and portability of the AM5 swung it for me.

I thought I would mark the occasion by having a crack at a galaxy for the first time. Galaxy targets are a bit limited with a little Redcat 51, perhaps only Andromeda and Triangulum being worthwhile at 250mm. Although I have lots of targets on my list for the day a bigger scope arrives.

I've been on the fence about picking up a light pollution filter for broadband targets, I see lots of great imagers using them but others saying they're more trouble than they're worth. This was imaged unfiltered, just the native UV/IR cut on the 2600MC.

I've flown by the seat of my pants as far as processing is concerned, I don't have any experience processing galaxy data so if anyone has any example workflows, tips or guides I could try out then that would be awesome.

Thanks for looking and clear skies everyone.

William Optics CAT Series
WO Redcat 51 Group
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)
UK Astro-Imaging
ZWO ASI 2600MC PRO

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