ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Messier Objects | Andromeda Galaxy M31
The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 with its adjacent M32 and M110 galaxies (left and right), is a barred spiral galaxy. 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way. Note: click on the image to view it at the full resolution of the uploaded image, then click again for actual size.
| Exposure | 15@300 sec (1.25 hours) | ||||||
| ISO | 800 | ||||||
| Camera | Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504] | ||||||
| Optics | Skywatcher Esprit 120mm Refractor, 840 mm focal length | ||||||
| Filter | Triad Ultra Quad Band | ||||||
| Guiding | Phd2 using a ZWO 224MC on an Orion 60x240mm Guide scope | ||||||
| Controller | Images taken using Kstars on an Odroid-N2 (Raspberry Pi clone) | ||||||
| Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. | ||||||
| Date | 2021-09-04 | ||||||
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| Further tweaking in Lightroom. |
