M31

lesbehrens (Les) · #1 26-07-2009, 06:32 PM

M31, M32 (below) and M110 (up top.)taken this morning at 330 at ten chain hill observatory. 60 mins of 1 min subs. un guided on a SW qe6 pro, taken through a SW ED 80 and cannon 450D.
hope you like.
les

mick pinner · #2 26-07-2009, 06:50 PM

l do Les, very nice indeed.

AlexN · #3 26-07-2009, 07:10 PM

Nice! I think I'll try next month or the month after for M31.... Wait till its rising at a more civilized hour!

As you may have noticed last night, by 3:30am I've usually had far too much rum to target something as serious as M31!!

toryglen-boy (Duncan) · #4 26-07-2009, 07:10 PM

Nice image Les, nice warm colours, although i am thinking a good 60sec master dark would improve it more than any processing at this stage.

keep up the good work

astroron (Ron) · #5 26-07-2009, 07:15 PM

Well Done Les

I am happy for you getting such a good couple of images

Makes it worth your while staying up so late

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #6 26-07-2009, 07:24 PM

I DO like it Les.
Well done! It's heaps better than what i managed to capture.

Hagar (Doug) · #7 26-07-2009, 07:27 PM

Very nice Les, Top images. Jealous again.

Matty P (Matt) · #8 26-07-2009, 09:11 PM

That's very nice Les. A great M31.

lesbehrens (Les) · #9 26-07-2009, 10:03 PM

thanks. i am glad you all like it. i am very happy about it. its my first galaxy and my longest exposure picture yet.

Tamtarn · #10 26-07-2009, 11:22 PM

Good amount of detail captured Les. The banding does spoil the image how ever.

RobF (Rob) · #11 27-07-2009, 09:41 PM

Looks like you definitely had the EQ6 tracking like a champion Wes. Way to go!

lesbehrens (Les) · #12 03-08-2009, 11:29 AM

does this look any better? i used. some darks, flats etc. i think it has brought in more detail but there is still some banding there.
les

renormalised (Carl) · #13 03-08-2009, 12:02 PM

Nice shot Les

. You need to increase the length of your subs...that'll help get rid of that noise in the piccie. I've been trying to clean it up for you, but so far I've had no joy on the galaxy itself.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #14 03-08-2009, 12:04 PM

It's a bit burnt out in the guts, but overall it's a big improvement Les.
Processing can be very difficult. Subtlety is the key.

CoolhandJo (Paul) · #15 03-08-2009, 12:13 PM

Stars look really smooth! Nice focus also. Excellent images.

lesbehrens (Les) · #16 03-08-2009, 02:17 PM

well i am glad you like it. yes feel free to see what you can achieve. my processing skill are very limited at this stage. any more tips are very much appreciated.
this is another go.