Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  35 And  ·  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224  ·  The star ν And
The Andromeda Galaxy, Dave Ek
The Andromeda Galaxy
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The Andromeda Galaxy

Revision title: H-alpha Added

The Andromeda Galaxy, Dave Ek
The Andromeda Galaxy
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The Andromeda Galaxy

Revision title: H-alpha Added

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The Andromeda Galaxy is a good subject when you get a new camera that has almost 3 times the field of view as your old camera. In this case, the new camera is an ASI2600MM Pro and the old camera was an ASI533MM Pro. Coupled with an 80 mm f/5 refractor, this gives enough field of view to capture a large target like this one. If I hadn't screwed up the framing, this setup would have captured the entirety of the galaxy. Shot in LRGB from my backyard under Bortle 4 skies in the mountains of Colorado at 8400 ft ASL.

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Title: H-alpha Added

Description: Finally worked up the courage to reprocess this image and add the H-alpha I originally captured. Tried to control the stars a bit this time around, too.

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The Andromeda Galaxy, Dave Ek