Messier M31 - NGC224 - Andromeda Galaxy with M110 and M32 satellite Galaxies - 30/11/2013 (Processed stack)

Imaged at dark sky site - Kwolyin, WA

The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest true spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy at ~2 Million Light Years distance. At only 17 degrees above the northern meridian it has been a difficult object for me to capture, but this dark skies location gave a good opportunity.

DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 10 Images ISO 800 600 Sec, 133 DARK @ 120 Sec, 75 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5

Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with 0.8x Tele Vue Reducer/Flattener, no filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 132' x 199' , Ambient 17-15C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.

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