The Andromeda Galaxy - M31/32/110
Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda

 

            
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 This
            is the brightest galaxy in the entire sky, and beams softly at
            4.4th magnitude. Spanning some 3-4 degrees of sky, it is one
            of the very few galaxies that is visible to the un aided eye.
            Just below is M110 or known to most of us as NGC205. This is
            an elliptical class object at 9th magnitude. Just upper left
            of M31's central condensation is M32, also an elliptical at 9th
            magnitude.
Optics:  80mm Stellarvue SV80s w/televue .8x FF
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200  
Camera:  Hutech Modified Canon XTi @ ISO800
Exposure:  24 x 5m = 2h
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  8/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  55F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Images Plus 3.82
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