Michael A. Stecker
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy full color HaRGB

M31 Andromeda Galaxy -- full color HaRGB
M31 was shot in full color with a monochrome ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro full frame camera on a Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P 10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope through hydrogen-alpha, red, green and blue filters.  This is a joint project of James Foster and Michael Stecker.  Click on image to see high resolution photo.
file: M31JRF10NewtASI6200MM-Ha38x5-RGB300x11-MASc.jpg

Photographic Data
telescope:
Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P (10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector)
FL= 1,000 mm

mount:
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO
Guiding hardware:
SVBony 60 mm f/4 guidescope (fl=240 mm)
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM mini

imaging camera:
ZWO ASI6200MM true color shot with Hydrogen-alpha, red, green and blue filters

exposure:
Hydrogen-alpha filter (Astrodon 3 nm) for 300 sec X 38 (190 min) and, 300 sec X 11 (55 min) fior each RGB filter

Processing:
Stacked and processed by James Foster with Maxim DL software and post-processed by Michael Stecker in Photoshop Elements
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photographic site:
James Foster observatory at Frazier Park California
(Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevstion)