Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Andromeda  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
M31 Andromeda Galaxy, StarSeeker
M31 Andromeda Galaxy
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy

M31 Andromeda Galaxy, StarSeeker
M31 Andromeda Galaxy
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy

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Second attempt at imaging the Andromeda Galaxy with my newly acquired Skywatcher 72ED and Star Adventurer mount. Imaging from my heavily light polluted back garden (Bortle 8 skies). Finding the limits of this set up -- 30 seconds seems to be max sub length so far.

Any comments or advice always welcome.

I'm especially interested to know other people's experience with the Star Adventurer mount and/or 72ED.

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Description: Using what is essentially a masking procedure I was able to selectively brighten M31 while leaving the background a smoother and more pleasing black. In addition, by applying a local contrast increase to the centre of the galaxy only I was able to bring out the centre detail without the grain caused by a local contrast increase across the entire image.

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M31 Andromeda Galaxy, StarSeeker