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Andromeda Galaxy or Messier 31

Data acquired from Telescope live. 25 light frames all in FITS files stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and then processed in photoshop. Here are two versions the one highlighting the outer edges more is processed in Lightroom mobile

 

The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way.

 

Total exposure: 4h 10m 0s

no.of frames - 25

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Uploaded on June 19, 2022