Wallpaper author:
Neil Streeter
03 Dec 2021
M31 Andromeda galaxy
M31 and its companion M32 our closest galactic neighbour from the recent one shot data set - this had a satellite trail going diagonally across it, but Affinity photo removed that successfully using Nik Szymanek's great tutorials on here and in astronomy now magazine. Learning something new all the time!!
Dataset from which the image was processed
Andromeda Galaxy
25 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 10.6847 Dec 41.26875
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................29 Jul 2019 - 06 Dec 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 695 | 8h30m | 44 |
| Red | 684 | 8h10m | 43 |
| Green | 740 | 8h50m | 43 |
| Blue | 753 | 9h | 43 |
| Halpha | 126 | 1h30m | 43 |