M-31 from -22 deg Latitude

[nandopg]

Hello,
There it is my attempt on another northern object, this time M-31. This image it is not as good as could be because the seeing it is getting bad as the summer approaches and also beacause I have a window of just 2 hours a day for capturing. Anyway, this is the best I could do.

A version of full resolution is here

Image:
Luminance: 25 frames of 10 min. unbinned
RGB: 15 frames of 10 minutes for each channel unbinned
Processing:
CCDStack and PixInsight

I hope you like and thanks for looking,

Fernando

[GrampianStars (Rob)]

My man!!
Fernando...
That's outstanding
I'm at -37 Lat and M31 only clears the horizon at 11.5 deg
will never get even close to that

[Larryp (Laurie)]

That is amazing, Fernando!

[alpal]

That's a great picture - better than a lot of Northern Hemisphere attempts.

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

Well, I like it alot. Nice one. Wheres the bigger version?

[David Fitz-Henr]

Great image Fernando - some excellent details in there! What equipment (scope / camera) did you use?

[nandopg]

Originally Posted by GrampianStars

My man!!
Fernando...
That's outstanding
I'm at -37 Lat and M31 only clears the horizon at 11.5 deg
will never get even close to that

Thank you so much for the nice comment. Here I get it with max elevation of 26 deg. My luck is the dark sky I have now.

Originally Posted by Larryp

That is amazing, Fernando!

Thank you Larry.

Originally Posted by alpal

That's a great picture - better than a lot of Northern Hemisphere attempts.

Appreciate your kind comment. Thank you.

Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

Well, I like it alot. Nice one. Wheres the bigger version?

The world <here> on the original post is a link that opens the larger image.

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

Great image Fernando - some excellent details in there! What equipment (scope / camera) did you use?

Thanks David !! I used an APO TMB 92mm f/5.5 and a ST8300M. The image was guided through an OAG and a Lodestar in PHD.

Best Regards,

Fernando

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

I think that's one to be proud of given the altitude above the horizon.

Cheers

Steve

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yes, excellent southern hemisphere version of this perennial northern favourite Ferdo

Mike

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Wow Fernando, You must be happy with that picture it's really impressive.

I would love to have a go at it but it is way to low in the north sky from Tasmania.

Well done.

[naskies (Dave)]

Fantastic colours - well done!

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice work, Fernando!

[DavidU (Dave)]

Awesome work Fernando

[nandopg]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

I think that's one to be proud of given the altitude above the horizon.

Cheers

Steve

Thank you Steve. I know this image is far from to be a good one, but it gave me so much work to get that I am actually enjoying it very much.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yes, excellent southern hemisphere version of this perennial northern favourite Ferdo

Mike

Thanks for the thumbs up Mike.

Originally Posted by Regulus

Wow Fernando, You must be happy with that picture it's really impressive.

I would love to have a go at it but it is way to low in the north sky from Tasmania.

Well done.

Thank you for the nice comments. I would try, if that wouldn't cause too much trouble for you. In my case I could get the image from my observatory in home.

Originally Posted by naskies

Fantastic colours - well done!

Thank you so much !!

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice work, Fernando!

Thank you so much !!

Originally Posted by DavidU

Awesome work Fernando

Thank you for the kind comment.


Best Regards

Fernando

[Ross G]

A fantastic Andromeda Galaxy photo Fernando.

Great colour.

Ross.

[Paul Haese]

Nice image Fernando. Heaps of detail.

[iceman (Mike)]

Wonderful image - just need a tad more FOV

Beautiful result.

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Really Nice M31.

All the best,
Leo

[nandopg]

Originally Posted by Ross G

A fantastic Andromeda Galaxy photo Fernando.

Great colour.

Ross.

Thank you very much Ross.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice image Fernando. Heaps of detail.

Thank you for the kind words.

Originally Posted by iceman

Wonderful image - just need a tad more FOV

Beautiful result.

Thank you Mike. You are right, a little more FOV would be welcome. I thought to compose a mosaic, but the conditions, maily the elevation of the object, wouldn't allow to succeed.

Originally Posted by Leonardo70

Really Nice M31.

All the best,
Leo

Thank you Leo, appreciate your comment.

[ew (Eric)]

Excellent image of M31 very inspiring, if I captured the detail you have I would be extremely happy.