Andromeda Galaxy
M31 / NGC 224 · Spiral galaxy in Andromeda · ~2.5 million ly
The nearest major spiral to our own Milky Way, home to some one trillion stars. Its arms sweep past two bright satellite galaxies — M32 and M110 — and are laced with crimson knots of hydrogen, stellar nurseries glowing in Hα. Andromeda is drifting toward us; in a few billion years the two galaxies will collide and merge into one.
- Telescope
- SPA-3-CCD
- Camera
- FLI PL16083
- Location
- Spain
- Source
- Telescope Live
- Filters
- L / R / G / B / Ha
- Exposure
- L 14h 24m · R 20h 27m · G 18h · B 21h 33m · Ha 10h 36m
- Total
- 85h (1916 subs)
- Coordinates
- RA 00h 42m 44.3s · Dec +41° 16′ 08″
- Observed
- 30 May 2020 – 17 Oct 2022
- Processing
- PixInsight, Photoshop
- Processed by
- Johnathan Allison