Thursday, September 13, 2007

M31 Andromeda Galaxy Ha-LLRGB

Here's a reprocessed image with a little more natural color.

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©2007 Richard Murray

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©2007 Richard Murray

Full Size Image

Wide Screen Monitor View

Techno Stuff: 7/28/07 Camera: ATK-16hr, Imaging Scope: Megrez 80mm APO at F/6, mounted on LX90 8" SCT, IR 40 min total with 8 min subs, no binning, Red & Green 20 min total with 5 min subs, Blue 24 min total with 6 min subs, Binning 2X2, 7/29/07 Ha 160 min total with 20 min subs, No binning,Autoguided with DSI Pro and PHDGuide from LX90, No Darks, Processed with CCDStack, Photoshop CS2

Notes: This is a Ha-LLRGB image which shows the red H-alpha regions surrounding M31. Lots of processing on this image as integrating Ha data with LLRGB is more complicated than I thought. Just for fun, I've also included a widescreen version for those with widescreen monitors.

2 comments:

heavenabove said...

Great photos! Andromeda has always been my favorite galaxy since I was a kid. Just seems so perfect to me.

Rick said...

Thanks!

It's my favorite galaxy too. The next time I image it I'll do a mosaic so I can take in the whole galaxy and it's satellites.

Rick