Dark structures around the core of the Andromeda Galaxy

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Hi all.

Yesterday I’ve tested a new build of Voyager, where Leonardo fixed an issue for me. I had to start imaging early in the evening in order to test it. The Moon was already bright. So I’ve decided to test on a bright object: the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy.

Surprisingly it is actually possible to see the dark structures around the core (as in the high resolution Hubble image https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/ ).

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Astrobin with an annotated image: https://astrob.in/vkdxuc/0/

Many thanks to Leonardo for the fix.

Best regards,
Vitali

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Really interesting Vitali, thank you so much for sharing.
Dark structure in the core of M31 is a really thought target.

All the best
Leonardo