M31 Andromeda repro

This was inevitable - got to leave it alone now.

 

Little less brutal, and easier on the blue. Also, I used lens correction in the previous version to compensate for the lack of flattener. That distorts the entire image though, and made the galaxy a little wide of girth! Better in this version I think (if you don't look at the corners) :)

 

SW ED80/EQ5, cropped

Nikon D70 modded, Baader Neodymium filter

18 x 4 mins iso 1600

30 x 6 mins iso 1250

22 x 10 mins iso 800

Guiding: Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD

Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5

 

Reprocessed again here :)

Done