Wallpaper author:
Yuichi Kihara
02 Oct 2021
ANDROMEDA GALAXY
The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula (see below), is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years (770 kiloparsecs) from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Andromeda Galaxy
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 10.6846 Dec 41.2689
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................31 May 2020 - 18 Oct 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 135 | 14h24m | 384 |
| Red | 192 | 20h27m | 383 |
| Green | 169 | 18h | 383 |
| Blue | 203 | 21h33m | 383 |
| Halpha | 100 | 10h36m | 383 |