I agree with Paul, Terri. This looks great! Big improvement. Greg

Thanks, Terri. I was a little 'down' about the lost 2 hours of imaging time, so I appreciate the kind words! Greg

Great images, Paul! Geez, the size of those sunspots is absolutely amazing. I was waiting for the USPS to deliver a solar filter today, but was a...

@scotte I can see a bit more detail in this one, Scott. Greg

Nice photos with a Pixel 3, Scott! Have you tried Registax 6 (free) for your post AS!3 and pre-Photoshop processing? The wavelet functions in there ...

Thanks so much for the input, Paul! Yes, I also used eyepiece projection. (Have you ever tried afocal/digiscoping? I guess that would require more ...

Hi Terri. Thanks for the info. I tried to go very light on the wavelets in Registax since if I moved the sliders much at all, the image deteriorated...

Got home late last night and it was clear, to my amazement! I thought I'd give 'planetary' a try with my very limited equipment. Sky-Watcher 150P...

Thanks for taking a look, Terri! Yes, guilty of the heavy hand. As I said (confessed) in reply to Paul's post, I think I have Canon DSLR noise PTSD ...

I tried processing my M31 photo again (third way you mentioned) and it seems maybe a little better in terms of the core, but maybe not as 'punchy'. T...

Great images, Everybody!

Thanks, Paul. That all makes perfect sense. I suppose had I masked the core (which I didn't) when processing I could have prevented it from being ex...