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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
Andromeda is the nearest major
galaxy to our own
Milky Way Galaxy.
Our Galaxy is thought to look much like
Andromeda. Together these two galaxies dominate the
Local Group of galaxies.
The diffuse light from
Andromeda is caused by the hundreds of billions of
stars that compose it. The several distinct stars that surround
Andromeda's image are actually stars in
our
Galaxy that are well in front of
the background object.
Andromeda is frequently referred to as M31 since it is the 31st
object on
Messier's
list of diffuse sky objects. M31 is so distant it takes
about two million years for light to reach us from there.
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My First M31
Equipment: Orion ED80
Camera: Unmodified Canon Rebel XT350D
Prime Focus with a 2" adapter
92 - 30 seconds exposures
ISO 1600
Darks, Flats, Offsets applied
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Processed with PhotoShop CS
© 2007 Antonio Pascarella
Published in the
Sky & Telescope Magazine's
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Taken on 10/11/2008 - Processed on 3/31/2012
Orion ED80
Hap Griffin Modified Canon Rebel XT350D
26 180-second exposures
ISO 800
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Processed with Photoshop CS
Darks, Flats, and Offsets applied
© 2012 Antonio Pascarella |
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