M 31 Spiral Galaxy

Andromeda Galaxy

Check out my first M31 Picture and see the improvement.

Photo Details:

• Instrument: Takahashi FS-102.
• Filters: None.
• Exposure: 5 x 120sec. @ISO 800 NR on.
• Camera: Canon 20D.
• Software: K3CCDTools, Photoshop CS2, Neatimage.
• Location: 10 22 29.33 E -  59 11 47.83 N.
• Date: 11.10.2005.
• Local Time: 22.14.
• Comments: No darks or flats used.
• Guiding: Guiding with K3CCDTools and my Tamron SP AF 28-75mm F/2.8  @75mm and webcam.
• 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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