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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), Chris Gnam
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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), Chris Gnam
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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

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Description

I've imaged Andromeda twice before but I never revealed detail like this!  I only got an hour on the target because I had spent an hour imaging M33 and I couldn't resists shooting multiple targets while in the dark skies near Flagstaff...  I'm looking forward to being able to get back out soon and get some a few hours on Andromeda, possibly with my larger scope and maybe working some Ha detail in as well.

Processing Details:
PixInsight:
  • WeightedBatchPreprocessing (Calibration, Registration, and Stacking)
  • AutomaticBackgroundExtractor
  • ScreenTransferFunction + HistogramTransformation (Stretching)


LightRoom:
  • Increase in vibrance/saturation
  • Boost contrast
  • Crop

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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), Chris Gnam