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Andromeda (M31), Ahmed Wegdan
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Andromeda (M31)

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Andromeda (M31)

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Andromeda, in Greek mythology, beautiful daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiope of Joppa in Palestine (called Ethiopia) and wife of Perseus. Cassiope offended the Nereids by boasting that Andromeda was more beautiful than they, so in revenge Poseidon sent a sea monster to devastate Cepheus’ kingdom. Since only Andromeda’s sacrifice would appease the gods, she was chained to a rock and left to be devoured by the monster.

This is not the case for this monstrous beauty that is on its way to devour us and our milky way galaxy in roughly about 4.5 billion years.

More than 5 hours of integration time taken with a locally produced Egypt telescope from Voyager Optics Egypt, Tanta.


Processing credit goes to @Mohamed Usama Ismail - Ursamo Astrophotography, dude you rock !!!

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Andromeda (M31), Ahmed Wegdan