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Maryland, US
11:30 pm
Triplet Refractor Telescope Focal Length 714mm, EQ G mount, 60 mm guide scope, Canon 80D mod, ASI 224 MC guide camera.
Post-processing Details:
Exposure: 20 minutes total and still working to capture dust and center of M31
Stacked (2X600s LF) in DSS and further processed in GIMP.
Messier 31 is the Great Galaxy in Andromeda. This galaxy is a gigantic collection of more than 300 billion stars that is located 2.5 million light-years from Earth. Companion dwarf elliptical galaxies M32 (NGC 221) and M110 (NGC 205) are also visible, as well as NGC 206, a stellar association inside of M31.
Still working to capture dust, NGC 206, and center of M31 with more details.
