Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
Looking at the Andromeda constellation under dark, moonless skies, with our unaided eyes, we can see a faint smudge of light close to the bright star Mirach. This smudge of light is the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 2.5 million light years away from Earth. With a diameter of about 220,000 light years, Andromeda is the largest member of our Local Group, second being our own galaxy, the Milky Way. It is the oldest light perceived by the human eye, and the most distant object we can observe without optical aid.
With a population of about 1 trillion stars, Andromeda Galaxy is very similar to our own galaxy. It has a bright nucleus, hiding a supermassive black hole in its center, with spiral arms extending around it. In one of these spiral arms we can see a very large star cloud, NGC 206, one of the largest and brightest star formation regions of the Local Group. Surounding the spiral arms is a vast, extended stellar disk, almost doubling the diameter of the galaxy's main disk. Orbiting close around the galaxy are its two main satellite galaxies, M32 and M110.
686 lights
158 darks
158 darks
5 hours and 43 minutes total exposure
in 5 different nights from October and November 2021 and January 2022
1st night - 03/10/21 2nd night - 04/10/21 3rd night - 03/11/21 4rth night - 02/01/22 5th night - 03/01/22
212 lights 125 lights 123 lights 52 lights 174 lights
42 darks 40 darks 36 darks 40 darks
--Software--
Sequator
Starnet++v2
Photoshop 2022
--Equipment--
Canon EOS 4000D
Samyang 135mm f2
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
