Andromeda - M31 (III) (Georg G Albrecht)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Andromeda (And) · Contains: 35 And · 35 nu. And · Andromeda Galaxy · HD3431 · HD3969 · HD4143 · HD4174 · HD4322 · HD4669 · M 110 · M 31 · M 32 · NGC 205 · NGC 206 · NGC 221 · NGC 224 · The star ν And

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Andromeda – M31, our closest cosmic neighbour, is only 2,5 million LY away, really just a short distance around the corner if compared with the vastness of the known universe. The photons I captured for this image left Andromeda at a time our ancestor Homo Habilis still roamed only the lands of Africa. The radius of Andromeda is estimated at approximately 110,000 LY. So, for the light to travel from its center to the outskirts of the galaxy, those One Hundred and Then Thousand years represent the recent time span we humans slowly populated our world outside of Africa up to today…

Now, it took me only a few nights to collect the data and several more days, as a PixInsight training material, to get to this final image (maybe not final…?). I had the feeling, midst into the process, that my eyes started to bleed. There are so many forks in PI that determine either a bad or a good outcome but are only revealed further down the road when you don’t know which of the forks was the one not to take. My friend who creates IMO really astounding images, has been working with PI for one year now. I am in week 2. Is that called impatience???

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Title: Andromeda - M31 (III-rev)

Description: A different approach in PixInsight with the help of my friend to bring out more of the blues in the galaxy's spirals and to tame down the yellows. A more balanced image.

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Astrometry.net job	6413103
PixInsight job	Y5XSYI7HIZLOU0PP7IK8FUXPBIYN6U3H
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	00h42m49s.80
RA (top/left)	00h35m21s.50
RA (top/right)	00h50m20s.47
RA (bottom/right)	00h50m32s.27
RA (bottom/left)	00h35m06s.26

Dec (center)	+41°16′18″.9
Dec (top/left)	+40°18′06″.4
Dec (top/right)	+40°18′28″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+42°12′48″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+42°12′20″.7

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