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Andromeda (M31)
The little glob in the middle of this picture is the Andromeda Galaxy. Estimated to contain 500 billion stars, its one of 4 or so neighboring galaxies to our own Milky Way. To put it in perspective, look into the sky and consider that about 99.999% of the points of light that you see are stars in our own galaxy, and that these points of lights only represent a small fraction of the total number of stars in our own galaxy. Out beyond the edge of our galaxy and across millions of light years of relatively empty space, lies the Andromeda galaxy, the home of 500 billion more stars. Out beyond Andromeda lies countless more galaxies, each home to billions upon billions of more stars.
Wide field photograph. I think the lense was at 18mm.
f3.5
ISO1600
12 x 20 sec exposures or 4 minutes total
"Zoomed" in slightly by cropping the image.
When I went back and recombined the images looking "below" Andromeda, a faint glob appears generally where the Triangulum galaxy sould be, but its hard to tell whether its the actual galaxy, or just light pollution/noise. (Triangulum would be below the above image. If I have time, I may post an image of what I think is Triangulum.)
I need to get a better apeture lense. The 50mm f1.8 that runs about 80 bucks is definitely next on the shopping list... after the 245,893 bills I have to pay for first.
Andromeda (M31)
The little glob in the middle of this picture is the Andromeda Galaxy. Estimated to contain 500 billion stars, its one of 4 or so neighboring galaxies to our own Milky Way. To put it in perspective, look into the sky and consider that about 99.999% of the points of light that you see are stars in our own galaxy, and that these points of lights only represent a small fraction of the total number of stars in our own galaxy. Out beyond the edge of our galaxy and across millions of light years of relatively empty space, lies the Andromeda galaxy, the home of 500 billion more stars. Out beyond Andromeda lies countless more galaxies, each home to billions upon billions of more stars.
Wide field photograph. I think the lense was at 18mm.
f3.5
ISO1600
12 x 20 sec exposures or 4 minutes total
"Zoomed" in slightly by cropping the image.
When I went back and recombined the images looking "below" Andromeda, a faint glob appears generally where the Triangulum galaxy sould be, but its hard to tell whether its the actual galaxy, or just light pollution/noise. (Triangulum would be below the above image. If I have time, I may post an image of what I think is Triangulum.)
I need to get a better apeture lense. The 50mm f1.8 that runs about 80 bucks is definitely next on the shopping list... after the 245,893 bills I have to pay for first.