Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Andromeda  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
M31 Andromeda Galaxy   HaLRGB     Galaxie d'Andromède, StephanHamel
M31 Andromeda Galaxy   HaLRGB     Galaxie d'Andromède
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy HaLRGB Galaxie d'Andromède

M31 Andromeda Galaxy   HaLRGB     Galaxie d'Andromède, StephanHamel
M31 Andromeda Galaxy   HaLRGB     Galaxie d'Andromède
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy HaLRGB Galaxie d'Andromède

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The famous Andromeda Galaxy. This Galaxy has permitted us to figure out that our own Milky Way was just another galaxy in an almost infinite sea of other galaxies.

This is the first time I used a filter wheel with a mono camera. I thought I should do it with style with one of the crown jewel DSO of the fall sky.

The red areas are hydrogen alpha areas where stars are actively produced.

It is quite amazing that with amateur instruments we can capture this even at a distance of 2.5 million light-years!!

Capture details are as follow:

80X60" luminance

20X90" Red

20X90" Green

20X90" Blue

5 hours of capture for Ha

All done with the 1600MM

Processed with APP and PS

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M31 Andromeda Galaxy   HaLRGB     Galaxie d'Andromède, StephanHamel