Photos stacked in Sequator, and processed in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Slight star reduction, color balance, and contrast edits.

This was my first opportunity to photograph the Andromeda Galaxy in 2021! I set up my equipment at 3:30 am on my front porch in Charlottesville, VA, USA and got over an hour of time photographing the galaxy before sunrise. This shot was taken in Bortle 5 skies, meaning that this level of detail is easily visible even through moderately light polluted skies. I'm very excited to continue photographing this object through the second half of the year.