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M31 10hrs total, Anthony (Tony) Johnson
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M31 10hrs total

Revision title: M31 Revision 3 Fixed Stars

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M31 10hrs total

Revision title: M31 Revision 3 Fixed Stars

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This was a capture over 2 nights. Bortle 6 skies. Full Moon also, which lead to some crazy gradients. No filtration was used just a stock plain Canon 60D. 1805 total light frames. Also had some crazy vertical banding that gave me fits. I read a post that said to use the CanonBandingReduction Script and just rotate your image 90degs. One note about that, I had to do my ImageSolver first to get coordinates for the photo to do SPCC, because when you rotate your image you loose the coordinates data in the image. Could resolve it but only needed to do SPCC. Not exactly sure I got the colors right, but in looking at M31 shots here and elsewhere, I see the colors can be all over the place. Would have like the center to be a little more defined, and deeper amber hue but I think it looks good given my full moon conditions along with the light pollution I have in my area.

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Title: With a better core color

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Title: M31 Revision 3 Fixed Stars

Description: Fixed the stars that were out of line in version 2 or version B. Finally figured out what I did to cause the offset in version B. Layers in photoshop not aligned properly. This version has better core color and everything is aligned properly.

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M31 10hrs total, Anthony (Tony) Johnson