L: 18x5' & 10x20'
RGB: 10x5' each channel
Total: 7.3 hours

This is a "mouseover" image that allow us to compare the image I took of M31 with the images taken by the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope aboard NASA's Swift spacecraft of the same object.

First you see the Swift image (not mine!) and if you move your mouse over the image, you can then see the image I took. Moving the mouse in and out of the image you can compare the two images.

I did this to see how the details in the core of my image matched those details - whenever visible - in the Ultraviolet image from the Swift spacecraft.

L: 18x5' & 10x20'
RGB: 10x5' each channel
Total: 7.3 hours

M31 or Andromeda is without a doubt one of the most imaged objects of the sky, and one I knew I had to come back and try to get an image that at least escaped mediocrity. For that reason I focused on capturing an image that would allow me to get as many details as possible from the bright core that otherwise it tends to be either oversaturated or simply too bright to discern any details. I'm very happy with the results - with a fairly modest equipment I was able to scrap details out of the core that other images taken with much more expensive telescopes simply do not show.