Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy in HaLRGB, Whit Hull
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy in HaLRGB
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy in HaLRGB

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy in HaLRGB, Whit Hull
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy in HaLRGB
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy in HaLRGB

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This is my second attempt at M31 and my first ever session with this setup. A friend and I decided to make a dark-sky trip last minute and I decided it was finally the right time to pull the trigger on the 1600mm pro. So this is not only my first image with this setup, but it's my first time using an astro camera and my first time capturing and processing a mono image. I really enjoyed using the ASIAir Pro for mount control and image capture, especially at a campsite. The interface is only slightly limiting however I somehow fat fingered the bin settings for the blue frames when setting the exposure and they got binned to 2x2 on accident. This meant I couldn't use my calibration frames for them since the size and resolution were different. Luckily the camera and filters were all brand new so the blue channel turned out okay without flat frames. I feel like I might have over-processed in photoshop, though, so please let me know what you think as far as editing is concerned!

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy in HaLRGB, Whit Hull