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15 minutes with M31, Ian Dixon

15 minutes with M31

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15 minutes with M31, Ian Dixon

15 minutes with M31

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Very early in the morning (~0230h) I was finishing up with M20, and so decided to capture M31... dawn was approaching and the sky was turning a very deep blue in the northeast, but I managed to get 15 min with M31.

This is such an iconic DSO - so often imaged. One more for the pile.

I will study up on how to image this properly, so as not to overexpose the central portion of the galaxy. Another challenge but I think it shall be worth it.

Thanks for looking.

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B

Description: More fiddling to try to bring out nebulosity... I really do need to figure out the art of masking to preserve a normal looking core. :)

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C

Description: Horizontal flip.

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D

Description: Vertical flip - experimentation. Added some additional exposure and saturation with processing.

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15 minutes with M31, Ian Dixon