Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 206  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy, Doug Gray
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy, Doug Gray
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

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The Andromeda Galaxy was one of the targets that first got me interested in this hobby, so I keep coming back to it as my skills and equipment improve. This is my 4th attempt (See 1st, 2nd, & 3rd) and the first one that I'm reasonably happy with.

I skipped L and Ha channels this time and just focused on getting lots of good RGB data and carefully following my post processing routine. In this case, 120s subs for everything to avoid oversaturating the core, stacking with 2x drizzle, weighted FWHM, background removal and photometric color calibration in Siril, star removal, camera raw filter, and other touch up in photoshop.

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy, Doug Gray