Dates:Sept. 19, 2014 , Sept. 20, 2014 , Sept. 21, 2014 , Sept. 22, 2014 , Sept. 23, 2014 , Sept. 24, 2014
Frames:
Astrodon Blue Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2: 16x900" -30C bin 1x1
Astrodon Green Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2: 16x900" -30C bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance E-Series Gen 2: 40x900" -30C bin 1x1
Astrodon Red Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2: 16x900" -30C bin 1x1
Integration: 22.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 22.56 days
Avg. Moon phase: 7.07%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 3.00
Mean SQM: 21.50
Astrometry.net job: 1543842
RA center: 0h 42' 44"
DEC center: +41° 16' 8"
Pixel scale: 1.657 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 269.464 degrees
Field radius: 1.286 degrees
Resolution: 3950x3950
Locations: D.A.R.C. Observatory, Panoche, CA, United States
The Andromeda Galaxy also known as M31 with its two companions M32 and M110. M31 is the largest member of our local galaxy group which contains a few dozen galaxies, most of them dwarf galaxies.
This was first light for the AP 305RHA. I got carried away a bit on the integration time but the result speaks for itself. What an incredible scope.
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