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| Date: 24/10/2014 |
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Name: Andromeda Galaxy - M31 or NGC 224 .
This imagine was taken whilst at Watson's Way Country Stay which is N/E of Mukinbudin in Western Australia.
http://www.atoz-visual.com/watsonsway/index.html/
The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million ligth-years (2.4×1019 km) from Earth in the Andromeda constellation. Also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, it is often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula in older texts. The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, but not the nearest galaxy overall. It gets its name from the area of the sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda, which was named after the mythological princess Andromeda. The Andromeda Galaxy is the larges galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way, the Triangulum Galaxy, and about 30 other smaller galaxies.
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| Location: Watson's Way | Stacking Mode: Mosaic. | |
| Camera: Canon 40D - Modified | Alignment Method: Automatic | |
| Optics: Skywatcher ED80 | Stacking Mode: Mosaic | |
| Exposure: 800ASA x 300 Seconds x 18 | RGB BKG Cal: Yes | |
| Total Exposure: 1 Hour 30 Minutes. | Per Channel Cal: No | |
| Guiding: DSI on Mead LX200R. | Method: Median Kappa-Sigma (K=2, I= 5) | |
| Filter: | Darks: No | |
| Focus: Bahtinov Mask | Flat: No | |
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| RA (J2000): | Levels, Colour Balance, Curves, Saturation Scaling, jpeg Conversion. | |
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| Constellation: Andromeda | ||
| Distance: 2.5Million Light Years |
