Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda galaxy  ·  Great Nebula in Andromeda  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 206  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
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M31 Andromeda galaxy with enhanced core, Göran Nilsson
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M31 Andromeda galaxy with enhanced core

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M31 Andromeda galaxy with enhanced core, Göran Nilsson
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M31 Andromeda galaxy with enhanced core

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I started playing with a November image of M31 (My 5" refractor and Canon 60Da), wondering would it would look like if anyone would fly close to it and get blinded by the core, not seeing the faint stuff around and only the core. So, I used curves to darken the image until I only saw the core. I liked the image and was struck with the detail I could suddenly see around the core. So, then I had to do the obvious: paste that core into the original bright image using layer masks and a feathered brush in PS.

See https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/267827-getting-more-detail-out-of-the-m31-core/

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M31 Andromeda galaxy with enhanced core, Göran Nilsson