Wallpaper author:
Pranay Kanwar
19 May 2022
M31 a.k.a Andromeda Galaxy
M31 a.k.a Andromeda Galaxy or NGC 224, a barred spiral galaxy in Andromeda ~2.5 mil ly away. It is the nearest large galaxy close to ours (Milky way), expected to collide with ours in ~4-5 billion years.
LHaRGB 21h 50mins (131x600s, L:32 Ha:4 R:31 B:31 G:33) from SPA-1 telescope a Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 with FLI PL16083 camera and Astrodon filters, part of telescope.live network. Taken on multiple dates from Sep-Dec 2021.
H alpha was added to boost the red channel. Processed in PixInsight.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Andromeda Galaxy
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- 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 |