Wednesday, September 5, 2007

M31 Andromeda Galaxy

Same basic setup as the last one. This is 50 stacked images of The Andromeda Galaxy (M31).

M31 is pretty easy to spot. I can normally see it if I do not look directly at it. First find the Great Square of Pegasus which rises at night fall this time of year. The Andromeda constellation comes off of Pegasus with three pair of stars. M31 is off the 2nd pair of stars forming 3 "stars" that are equidistant to each other. See below for a visual at 10pm, on September 5.

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