M31- The Andromeda Galaxy
Distance From Earth - 2.5 Million Light Years
Diameter - 260,000 Light Years
This was the largest project I’ve done at this point, by a long shot. Over the last 3 months, I took 75 hours worth on photos in order to bring out all of the incredible detail in this galaxy. I’m incredibly proud of this image and looking forward to adding more data to it at some point in the future!
Andromeda, a spiral galaxy containing an estimated 1 trillion stars and is on a collision course with our own Mily Way Galaxy. It’s expected to collide in roughliy 4.5 billion years to create 1 massive galaxy. These galaxies are both so unimaginably massive that even when they collide, it is improbable that any stars will actually individually collide.
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M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy
Captured over 75 hours, revealing intricate details in the arms of the galaxy, hydrogen rich internal nebulae and a wide Oiii (blue) cloud surrounding the galaxy.
Distance From Earth - 2.5 Million Light Years
Diameter - 220,000 Light Years
Total Exposure Time - 75 Hours
M31, the Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. Located in the constellation Andromeda, it spans roughly 220,000 light years in diameter making it more than twice as wide as our own galaxy. Containing an estimated one trillion stars, M31 is a spiral galaxy with pronounced dust lanes, bright star forming regions and a dense central core. It is slowly moving towards our own Milky Way galaxy with an expected collision in about 4-5 billion years.
As a bucket list target for most astrophotographers, I spent the most time out of any image on this one. I collected 75 hours worth of data to help reveal intricate detail in the dust lanes.
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