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Andromeda Galaxy, Devoll Duka
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Andromeda Galaxy

Andromeda Galaxy, Devoll Duka
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Andromeda Galaxy

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This image has been quite journey.
Part of the luminance data( around 30%) was shot under really dark skies, during the 2022 Cherry Spring Star Party in Pennsylvania last September, but not very good seeing. The rest of the luminance data I could gather in around 2 months and only under almost full moon (Only periods with clear skys). 
Although I had a lot of exposure time in RGB, color calibration and extracting the different colors, especially the blues and reds were very difficult. Background extraction was also very difficult due to the strong gradients.
Anyway.... this was the best I could get from my data for now... I will revisit in the future.

Total integration for RGB was 10hours with zwo294mcPro and luminance filter.

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Andromeda Galaxy, Devoll Duka