Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  35 And  ·  35 nu. And  ·  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  HD3431  ·  HD3765  ·  HD4143  ·  HD4174  ·  HD4322  ·  HD4501  ·  HD4669  ·  HD4902  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 206  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224  ·  The star ν And
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The Andromeda Galaxy

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The Andromeda Galaxy

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My first posted image of the Andromeda Galaxy was just over two years ago.  Revisiting this target allows for some measure of how things have progressed in the meantime.  New equipment helps, of course, but new processing skills and new tools (Noise/Star/BlurXterminator, GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch, WBPP) have been major contributors.  Two years ago, I think I'd have been pretty surprised to see what can be captured from my Bortle 7 skies with a OSC camera.

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