M31 with a 10D

Well, due to mount troubles, I've been quiet a while, but I was finally able to exercise my cameras this past weekend. Last night, I captured a little over an hour of M31 using my Tak Epsilon 160, which is a fast f3.3 Newtonian...perfectly matched for the 10D. I used ImagesPlus's newest and greatest features and must say it worked superbly...the adaptive dark frame subtraction made for a much more noise free final product. I did little noise suppression, really.

Anyway, the final version and more details are here:
http://www.ricksastro.com/Gallery/htm/10D_M31.htm

Comments/suggestions welcome.

Regards,

Rick Krejci

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Rick,
That is PHENOMENAL!! Can't believe that's with a digital camera-granted an absolutely fabulous digital-but still....
Appreciate the sharing of this image! Fantastic!
-Curtis
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Very, very nice. The only ones I’ve seen better are by the guys using the expensive chilled cameras and individual L R G B exposures accumulated over many hours time (and also many mosaics).

You should be proud.

Rick, that is amazing! Thanks for sharing. Is this what M31 really looks like through a telescope and camera? What I mean by this is a few weeks ago I read an article on the images that Hubble produces. The article stated that the photographs we see are "enhanced" with digital software. What about your photo? Has it been touched-up a lot or is this pretty genuine? I don't know anything about astro-photography, so forgive me for my ignorance.

Rick,
Riding the subway to school this mornign I was looking at my November issue of Astronomy. The article that caught my eye was the "Order Out of Chaos". A big beautiful shot of M31. But, honestly, as good as it is, yours seems better. Take a look.
Fine job,
-Curtis
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