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I promised someone I'd post this when I was able to take the image, so here it is.
I've been a long time trying to get this one. It is one of the most challenging objects I've done. I'm still not completely satisfied with it, but it is the best I've done to date.
Andromeda's friends in the image are:
To the top left, Messier 110, is a a dwarf elliptical galaxy, and another satellite galaxy of Andromeda.
To the bottom right, Messier 32, is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda galaxy is about 2.5 million light years away, and is so large that I can't get it all in my image due to the size of the chip in my camera and the foca,l length of my scope. A full sized chip might get mosty of it. Unfortunately, I don't have one of those.
Image:
13x5min., 65 minutes total time at ISO 800
Image was taken on August 16, 2012 at the LAS James Baker Observatory, at Curby, Indiana.
Enjoy.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
