Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 206  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
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M31 a.k.a Andromeda Galaxy, Pranay Kanwar
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M31 a.k.a Andromeda Galaxy

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M31 a.k.a Andromeda Galaxy, Pranay Kanwar
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M31 a.k.a Andromeda Galaxy

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M31 a.k.a Andromeda Galaxy or NGC 224, a barred spiral galaxy in Andromeda ~2.5 mil ly away. It is the nearest large galaxy close to ours (Milky way), expected to collide with ours in ~4-5 billion years.

LHaRGB 21h 50mins (131x600s, L:32 Ha:4 R:31 B:31 G:33) from SPA-1 telescope a Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 with FLI PL16083 camera and Astrodon filters, part of telescope.live network. Taken on multiple dates from Sep-Dec 2021.

H alpha was added to boost the red channel. Processed in PixInsight.

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M31 a.k.a Andromeda Galaxy, Pranay Kanwar