M 31 Spiral Galaxy

Andromeda Galaxy

Photo Details:

• Instrument: Celestron 8i, primefokus, f.6,3 FR.
• Filters: None.
• Exposure: 1x30sec. @ISO3200.
• Camera: Canon 10D.
• Software:
• Location: 10 22 29.33 E -  59 11 47.83 N.
• Date: 03.11.2005.
• Local Time: 23.45.
• Comments: No darks or flats used.
• Guiding: No guiding.
• Explanation: The Andromeda Galaxy was observed in 964 by the persian  astronomer 'Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, who described it as a "small cloud".
  The first description of the object based on telescopic observation was given by  Simon Marius (1612), who is often wrongly credited as the discoverer of the Andromeda Galaxy.
  The Andromeda Galaxy (also known as NGC 224) is a giant spiral galaxy in the Local Group, together with the Milky Way galaxy.
  It is at a distance of approximately 2.9 million light years or 900kpc, in the direction of the constellation Andromeda.

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