My first M31

Hello everyone!
Finally I've start with some deepsky imaging. Here is my first attempt on M31. This is mosaic of three images. Two of them 2x15min, and one 3x15min. Luck of time prevent me from taking more frames and to make FOV wider. And no color as well since I got just one red channel exposure. And I don't know when I will get the chance to see such a dark skies .
There was no bias or flatfield corrections. Just darkframe substruction and levels in Photoshop.

TMB-175 APO, Trifid with KAF6302LE CCD sensor, autoguided.

http://www.eastwestastronomy.com/m31-BFSP2004a.jpg

Russ, excellent photo, rich in detail. Great sharpness!
Ivan

hi,

That's a nice image ...I'd say your are off to a good start. Keep them coming.

clear skies,

Larry Citro

Great shot Russ!
I can surely say I expect to see great shots from you!


Thank you for sharing,


Ivan

That's a very nice image, Russ! Keep up the great work!

Eric

Thanks guys!
Your opinion is very important to me.
BTW Larry - I am the Russian guy whom you talk about your processing secrets at the last night at BFSP . I am not sure if you recognized me .
Dark skies rules!!!