Andromeda by AstronomyMan

Photography • Space • posted on Feb 07, 2006

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The wonderful Andromeda Galaxy, M31. The big fuzzy blob to the right is a small galaxy orbiting the big galaxy. This is a stack of 20x60sec exposures layered with a stack of 20x30sec exposures taken with a Philips ToUcam 840 attached to an Orion ST80 telescope. Histogram stretching and layering done in PSP9. This is the farthest you can see with the naked eye. On good dark nights in fall you can see this galaxy as a faint fuzzy in the Andromeda Constellation. It is 2.5 million light years away or 14,757,565,000,000,000,000 miles. My eyes hurt.

Comments (6)

scottsp

8:26AM | Tue, 07 February 2006

Really nice shot of M31

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cbender

8:32AM | Tue, 07 February 2006

wow - this is definitely cool... :) and a cool idea to use these tools... i have that cam too and a little newtonian... ;) should try that...

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TwoPynts

1:07PM | Tue, 07 February 2006

My eyes hurt too. Another terrific image and commentary to go with it. I love your methodology.

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jcv2

2:33PM | Tue, 07 February 2006

Incredible to see Messier 31 here, all those billions and billions stars so far away belonging to each other in a constellation of a size far beyond our imagination! Gorgeous work! :)

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kimariehere

4:29PM | Tue, 07 February 2006

your eyes hurt... wow ..this is fantastic... that is a whole lot of miles .. i love this exploration into the unknown night sky.. amazing work thank you for sharing with us .. i am in awe.!!

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