Observation by Nick Hewitt: The Great Andromeda galaxy

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Nick Hewitt

Observer

Nick Hewitt

Observed

2016 Aug 25 - 23:00

Uploaded

2016 Nov 01 - 10:57

Objects

M110
M32
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

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Constellation

Andromeda

Field centre

RA: 00^h43^m
Dec: +41°06'
Position angle: +166°14'

Field size

3°43' × 2°28'

Equipment

Starwave 70mm triplet
Canon DSLR 60Da
EQ8 mount

Exposure

20 x120s stacked ISO 2000

Location

Billing, Northampton

Target name

Messier 31 plus M32 and M110

Title

The Great Andromeda galaxy

About this image

A photographic showstopper of Autumn. Rarely a great sight visually as too large but wide field imaging captures it nicely.

Files associated with this observation

Andromeda Galaxy 2016-08-26 SW70 ISO2000pP compressed.jpg (1.8 MB)

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