The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 with its adjacent M32 and M110 galaxies (left and right), is a barred spiral galaxy. 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way.
Exposure | 329@300 sec (27.4 hours) |
ISO | 3200 |
Camera | Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504] |
Optics | Skywatcher Esprit 120mm Refractor, 840 mm focal length |
Filter | Triad Ultra Quad Band |
Guiding | Phd2 using a ZWO 224MC on an Orion 60x240mm Guide scope |
Controller | Images taken using Kstars on an Odroid-N2 (Raspberry Pi clone) |
Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. |
Date | 2021-11-06... |
PixInsight Processing | WeightedBatchPreprocessing Script | Dynamic Crop | DynamicBackground Extractor |
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Further tweaking in Lightroom. |
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