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            close quarters of these two objects makes photography of the
            pair difficult at best. 2.1 magnitude Beta Andromeda is severely
            overexposed and creates long diffraction spikes, nearly hitting
            the galaxy with one of them. The galaxy itself is an 11.2 magnitude
            Sa spiral, too distant to show any detail here with is tight
            spiral structure. Curiously, Megastar does not plot any other
            galaxies in this field down to 17th magnitude. This galaxy is
            truly a loner. The non blooming CMOS sensor does a great job
            here, a welcome situation compared to the hours of bloom repair
            required for my ST8i camera.
Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
Camera:  Canon 10D
Exposure:  4 x 5m
Filters:  None
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  5 C
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS, PixInsight
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