M31 - Andromeda Galaxy - A close-up view of the core (Victor Van Puyenbroeck)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Andromeda (And) · Contains: Andromeda Galaxy · M 31 · M 32 · NGC 221 · NGC 224

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy - A close-up view of the core

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy - A close-up view of the core

This data was captured before I introduced the tilt adapter in my optical train, and 2 corners of the field are therefore slightly out of focus. Not thrilled with the data quality, and I hope the end result of my processing attempt is still somewhat presentable.

The original image shows the full field of view, processed with my standard workflow and shows the luminance with minimal noise reduction.

Revisions are cropped and have enhanced post-processing. I tried to focus the viewer's attention on the brown dust lanes, while maintaining the relative brightness of the galaxy core compared to the rest of the galaxy.

Emission nebulae inside M31 show up surprisingly well without additional H-alpha data. According to Astrodon's marketing material, the LRGB Gen2 E-series filters should enhance visibility of HII regions and this is exactly what I see in my data. I'm really happy with the performance of this filter set.

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Description: Cropped edges. Color calibrated on galaxy and applied noise reduction. Stretched and sharpened to enhance dust lanes around the core.

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Description: Increased blue bias, star reduction and cosmetic fixes

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