Thanks for encouragement and checking it out everyone!
I had planned to vary between the ZS80 and 8" Newt at AF, but when I saw these subs after the first night decided I'd stick to that focal length. I was actually a little disappointed when it came time to put it all together (at how challenging it was to bring out detail, keep the noise down and get some colour). Humayun is right to say even a bright (just naked eye) galaxy like this really needs >10hrs. It just wasn't possible, even with an entire week of nights at my disposal, but who knows what future opportunities might present, and it was fun!
Actually H, how the heck did you ever get that much M31 data from Canberra latitudes anyway!?
Dave, there's not much point going in much closer with the quality of optics, amount of data and small pixels on the QHY9. I'll try and get one up on Picasa or Astrobin though
