- Exposure: 4 frames each 12x5 minutes
- Telescope: Stellarvue SV80S @ f/4.9
- Mount: Meade LX200 w/ super wedge
- Camera: SBIG ST-2000XM, SBIG CFW-8
- Location: My backyard in Goleta, CA
- Date/Time:
- October 17/18, 2003 23:36-00:05 PDT
- October 18/19, 2003 21:07-02:25 PDT
- Processing: Taken and reduced in CCDSoft v5.
Combined
sub-exposures
with Ray Gralak's Sigma Clip. Aligned with Registar. Mosaic
combine, curves, levels, Unsharp Mask in Photoshop 8.
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- Name: The Andromeda Galaxy, M31
- Also in image: M32, M101 (companion
galaxies)
- Type: Galaxy
- Constellation: Andromeda
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