| Object: |
|
M31, Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda
|
| Coordinates: |
|
RA
= 00h 42.7m, DEC = +41° 16' |
| Telescope: |
|
Televue
NP-101 (4-inch f/5.4 APO refractor)
|
| Mount: |
|
Losmandy
G11 German
Equatorial |
| Guide
Scope: |
|
Stellarvue
SV80/9D refractor supported by a Robin Casady TGAD (Tandem Guidescope
Aiming Device) |
| Guide
Camera: |
|
Orion
StarShoot AutoGuider & PHD guiding
software |
| Imaging
Camera: |
|
QSI-583ws
|
| Filters/Exposures: |
|
Five
10-minute exposures through Astrodon LRGB & Ha filters, and five
2-minute LRGB feathered into the overexposed central bulge area (total
of 45
exposures). Stacked in MaximDL and processed in Photoshop CS6. |
| Shooting
Location: |
|
East Coast Star Party in Coinjock, NC
|
| Date/Time: |
|
13/14
October 2012 |
| Comments: |
|
M31
is
approximately 2.5 million light years away and is our galaxy's closest
spiral neighbor. The scattered red regions are clouds of
hydrogen gas, which show up nicely here due to the Ha filter. |
