M 31 - the Milky Way's big brother

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Whoa, thats pretty excellent Rick, your getting dangerously close to the mega mosaic Robert Gendler did, not a lot in it without zooming in.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

The amount of detail in the galaxy is breath taking, wonderfully done :-)

Thanks, Colin.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Cepheid worms the Step - Reach Relationship

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

....now, back to Ricks Andromeda Galaxy, great work Rick, a large or excessive amount of stuff (without worms or manufactured dot detail) everywhere

Mike

Thanks for the funky inchworm music and kind comments, Mike

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Stunning Rick although could use a bigger sensor to capture the extremities

Thanks, Dunk. I'll tell my wife you think I need a new camera

Originally Posted by RB

Wow Rick, the hi res image is amazing, well done.
I can look at that for ages.
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, RB.

Originally Posted by omegacrux

WOW nice

David

Thanks, David.

Originally Posted by LucasB

What a superb image! Amazing detail and so much to explore. Love it
Lucas

And Lucas...

Originally Posted by RobF

Beautiful work Rick - aesthetically and image quality. Really enjoyed exploring this one. Time invested has paid off handsomely.

Amazing to see where "that star" is located - and that they were able to monitor the light curve of such a distant star at that time.

Ta, Rob. Have you seen the images of the actual photographic plates?

http://obs.carnegiescience.edu/PAST/m31var

Originally Posted by Fabiomax

Really a nice M31, very interesting reference to Cepheid counts miles ...!

Thank you, Fabiomax.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Quite stunning, Rick. Finding the famous Cepheid is very special.

Thanks, M&T!

Originally Posted by cazza132

Wow - awesome resolution! Also managed the dynamic range well. One of the best Andromeda Galaxy images I have seen!

Thanks, Troy!

Originally Posted by Andy01

Crikey Rick, that's stunning! Amazing results - lost for words really

Thanks, Andy!

Originally Posted by SimmoW

Yeah, it's so sharp and detailed! A grand tour in high rez, well done Rick and imaging team.

Thanks, Simon. And three cheers for our automated scope It never complains despite the cold and isolation... well not much.

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Taking in splendid detail in full resolution was a wonderful treat for the soul...

Thank you Rick for sharing with us the fruits of your hard work.

Thank you, Suavi. There's some hard work that we don't mind doing. Despite the frustration it's all worthwhile when you finally bend those photons to your will

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Whoa, thats pretty excellent Rick, your getting dangerously close to the mega mosaic Robert Gendler did, not a lot in it without zooming in.

Ta, Fred! Would love to do a high res mosaic one day. The seeing at SRO would certainly allow it.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Rod771

Super result, Rick! Excellent fine detail.

Thanks, Rod!

[RobF (Rob)]

Thanks Rick - hadn't seen those pics of Hubble's original emulsion plates. Mind boggling really.

Have been checking out your 1:1 again tonight. Amazing resolution, even off the jpg. Fantastic tightness of the stars. Just love M31 and this is up there with the best.

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

I'm particularly impressed Rick with the processing in the core of the galaxy as it moves smoothly from a bright (but not overdone) core out to the dust lanes and beyond. A stunning and beautiful result.

[RobF (Rob)]

Good thing Hubble was shooting with more than a 4" refractor too or he probably wouldn't have seen anything on that plate. Just for comparison, had a dig back for Lum master when shot this sucker from Leyburn in 2013.
Wasn't using autofocus back then but suspect wouldn't have made that much difference at 387mm FL.

But gosh those Ceravolos are weapons of mass destruction!

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

I'm particularly impressed Rick with the processing in the core of the galaxy as it moves smoothly from a bright (but not overdone) core out to the dust lanes and beyond. A stunning and beautiful result.

Thanks, Rodney!

Originally Posted by RobF

Good thing Hubble was shooting with more than a 4" refractor too or he probably wouldn't have seen anything on that plate. Just for comparison, had a dig back for Lum master when shot this sucker from Leyburn in 2013.
Wasn't using autofocus back then but suspect wouldn't have made that much difference at 387mm FL.

But gosh those Ceravolos are weapons of mass destruction!

Apparently, it's not impossible with a 4" frac Here's M31-V1 in another 2013 image from Leyburn with a FSQ-106ED, STL11K and a whole 90 minutes of LRGB.

The C300 definitely does it better

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Great resolution Rick and great processing ... i know the data and you get out a fantastic hires .

All the best,
Leo

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Leo. I'm looking forward to what you can do with some of that SRO data!

Cheers,
Rick.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Wow, that is an excellent image - it just looks "right".

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Ray!

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Great detail Rick, the superiority of SRO seeing is well visible in images like This one! Nice process and very beautiful view of a classic!
Cheers
Marco

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Marco.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Astounding quality there Rick'ster, havent seen any better than this actually, tho I know not where to look, Lol, u know what I mean, Lol - but hey all the detail is awesome, clear & sharp, - I especially like the M110 detail too, dont see that often !!! Well done !!

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks very much, Bob!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb resolution. The highres is great to surf around.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Marc!

[Paul Haese]

Awesome resolution. Detail is superb with many nebulae seen in detail. Blue star clusters are also well shown. The colour saturation is great. Pretty smooth back ground too. Nice work.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Paul!