Wallpaper author:
Kush Chandaria
04 Dec 2023
The Andromeda Galaxy
This is a mosaic image comprised of two panels, taken across three nights in September. I chose to image the target, M31, in it's natural glory, using only broadband filters and gathered several hours of total exposure time which I integrated into a single, final image.
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 |