Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  35 And  ·  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224  ·  The star ν And
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M31 - Our Big Sibling, Drew Hackney
M31 - Our Big Sibling
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M31 - Our Big Sibling

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M31 - Our Big Sibling, Drew Hackney
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M31 - Our Big Sibling

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I put in six hours of imaging on M31 and some of its well known satellite galaxies in the late fall and early winter. I really struggled with processing this one because there are thousands of photographs of Andromeda out there and I couldn't help but compare what I was doing to those other images. I know comparison is the thief of joy, but I couldn't help but ask myself questions like, "Are my colors right?" "Am I over-processing this?" and "Why didn't Charles Messier catalogue M110 separately from M31 back in the 1700's?"

I'm sure I'll come back to my data and re-process it again during some future cloudy weekend.

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M31 - Our Big Sibling, Drew Hackney