M31, first of the season

Last night, I did a "first light" run with my new telescope. A William Optics FLT98 CF w/ AFR-IV. I did a quick processing run this morning to see the results, and I have to say I am quite pleased with the result. Sharp image, despite the autoguiding was under par. When I left it, it had a rms of about 1.2"... I will tune that better for the coming season, but for now, I'm happy with the results. The scope at least performed brilliantly. So I cannot complain.

Tech det : WO FLT98 w/ AFR-IV flattener/reducer (0.8x). Pentax K5, ISO 400, 30x5min. autoguided using QHY5II and PHD2. Stacked in DSS, processed in PS.

Edit : New version with more colour.