The Old Queen of the skies shrouded in a blanket of hydrogen (Roy Hagen)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Andromeda (And) · Contains: 32 And · 35 And · 35 nu. And · Andromeda Galaxy · M 110 · M 31 · M 32 · NGC 205 · NGC 206 · NGC 221 · NGC 224 · The star 32 And · The star ν And

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The Old Queen of the skies shrouded in a blanket of hydrogen

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Messier 31 surrounded by clouds of hydrogen
I have seen these clouds of hydrogen before in my attempts to image this beauty, but not enough to bring out very much of it and I actually thought it could be mostly caused by light pollution.
Had a few nights with clear skies and good seeing conditions, so the rig could be left outside all night unattended.
Most of the subs were acquired over the two last nights and I eventually got enough data to bring out some of the surrounding hydrogen.
Due to the strong wind the last night the big rig couldn`t stay outside along with his little companion, but the weather forecast looks promising for the next week.

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Description: Trying to bring out more of the surrounding nebulosity

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RA (center)	00h42m44s.82
RA (top/left)	00h48m06s.53
RA (top/right)	00h53m50s.89
RA (bottom/right)	00h36m56s.70
RA (bottom/left)	00h32m17s.48

Dec (center)	+41°16′07″.2
Dec (top/left)	+38°37′50″.9
Dec (top/right)	+43°12′53″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+43°53′37″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+39°15′28″.7

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