M31 -- The Great Andromeda Galaxy

September 28, 2003.
Starlight Express MX-916 on 3.5" Questar at f/5.5.
72min
StarDebloat (AAplugin), Nonlinear stretch.

September 24, 2003.
Starlight Express MX-916 on 3.5" Questar at f/5.5.
Mosaic: NE=12min, NW=42min, SE=42min, SW=30min.

Mosaic made in Photoshop
StarDebloat (AAplugin). Nonlinearly stretched and background flattened in Photoshop.

Click here for earlier mosaicing attempts