Andromeda, DeepSpaceDad

Andromeda

Andromeda, DeepSpaceDad

Andromeda

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Arbitrarily framed Andromeda.

You're looking at a trillion stars.

Way too busy for mosaics, so I crammed the Andromeda Galaxy into the frame as best I could. I removed the stars from the image to give the sense of what the Andromeda galaxy would look like if you could get out of our own Galaxy. 5 separate filters were used to capture this image in a monochrome camera. A luminance filter that captures all useful wavelengths to give the image the appropriate brightness. Red, green, and blue filters that give the image its color in the visible spectrum. Lastly, a Hydrogen alpha filter to highlight the pink nebula in the distant galaxy. This is my first take on our nearest neighbor because it's felt very intimidating up until now. I hope you enjoy this image as much as I do. 

Celestron Edge HD 11
V4 hyperstar
Asi2600mm
Optolong L-pro
Astronomik deep sky RGB
Astronomik MaxFR 6nm Ha

1 minute exposures

6 hours luminance
3 hours each RGB
3 hours Ha

#photography #astrophotography #andromeda #stars #night #space #galaxy

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