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Basudeb Chakrabarti
Kolkata, India

10/06/2021
12:45 am

Equipment Details:

Nikon 5200, Redcat 51, I-Optron Skyguider Pro,

Post-processing Details:

Stacked in Pixinsight & edited in Pixinsight & Photoshop

Image Details:

Our neighbour, Andromeda Galaxy or M31 is the nearest major galaxy from earth. It is located at a distance of 2.5 million light years. That means in this image, we are observing an event which happened 2.5 million years ago. It is the most distant object that an unaided human eyes can see from earth.
I have captured this image from a heavily light pollution area (Bortle 9 sky). We can also see two satellite galaxies (M32 & M110) of M31 in this image.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!