September 29, 2007

The Core of M31 September 2007


Here is another of the three images from this last week. This is the core of M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. Imaging with the DSI Pro through a scope with a focal length of 720mm, I can't fit the entire galaxy in the frame (not even close). But these dust lanes around the core are more than I can see visually, and much more sharply defined. The image is about 15 minutes 40 seconds of 4-second exposures, taken through the Vixen R135S at f/5.3 on the LXD75, processed in Registax.

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