m31

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I've been scrounging around the hard drive, looking for some unprocessed data and came across this one from the 15th of November. (last month was a shocker, no wonder I'd forgotten I'd imaged this)
7x5 minutes @ iso 800 using the Canon 550d.
Taken through the ED80
Location.....my reasonably dark back yard.
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS3.

[h0ughy (David)]

wonder whats lurking in my drives after astrofest?? Nice looking shot

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very cool. Loads of nice details in there. Just fits the ED80 field. One big galaxy.

[Craig_L]

Wow! Pretty good JJJ. And must have been low to the horizon as well.

[Heath (Heater)]

That's stunning jjj, well done

given you've taken it through the ED80, how much did you have to blow it up to reach that finished size?

regards H

[Paul Haese]

Still a nice image JJJ. I marvel every now and then at how far Australian amateurs have advanced in the last couple of years. There are some fore runners who are leading the way but on the whole each person involved is producing images better than in text books just 20 years ago. Imagine what will take place in the next 10 years? Technology and techniques with internet sharing have radically changed what we do for fun.

Well done.

[gregbradley]

That's a great M31 JJJ. You must be pleased with that one.

Greg.

[Garyh]

Dame fine image for a 1/2 hours data!
Glad I have some unprocessed data from july as the weather up here has been absolutely shocking!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

very nice shot Nettie.

'fraid it will have to do you though until next Astrofest. Can't see us getting any clear weather to add to it anytime soon.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by Heath

That's stunning jjj, well done

given you've taken it through the ED80, how much did you have to blow it up to reach that finished size?

regards H

It just about fills the field of view Heath. You've got to be careful with the framing otherwise you'll miss out on some good bits.


Thanks for looking everyone.
35 minutes of data isn't very much to work with, so I'm very happy to get so much detail.
And did I mention that it was captured in lge jpegs?

[Ross G]

Hi,

I love M31.
Great photo!

Ross

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice JJ. I have just read all the comments here and question Pauls remark about last 20 years. The last 5 years has seen jumps in both accessability and equipment which has made astroimaging affordable for almost everyone and the discemination of processing skills has made even bigger leaps forward. It is amazing the improvement the digital age has made to this great hobbie.

Lovely detail in the dustlanes and very nice colour balance. You should be happy with this image.
Well done.

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Nice one JJJ, lovely contrast and great detail.

[Fabiomax (Fabiomassimo)]

Very nice picture with 550D and god job for ED80, the right field for this focal lenght-
Bye,
Fabiomax

[wasyoungonce (Brendan)]

That's a very good pic Jen. Well done indeed.

[batema (Mark)]

Hi JJJ,
I think it looks great. Bring on the fine weather please. You can blame me for this as the past two years have been hopeless for the whole of the christmas holidays. Just when we go on hollidays here come the clouds.

Mark

[CometGuy]

Thats a great image for just 35 minutes! Well done.

Terry

[Ric]

That's a beauty JJJ

There is certainly a lot of depth in this image.

[Octane (Humayun)]

I am so envious!

Well done, babez.

H

[RobF (Rob)]

Nice going Jeanette. Great shot for limited data (and great work just to find a hole in the clouds last month!)
What's happened to your happy smiling face Avatar though?