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Cette photo montre la majestueuse galaxie d’Andromède (M31), notre voisine cosmique située à environ 2,5 millions d’années-lumière de la Terre.
Pour accentuer l’effet de grandeur et souligner son immensité, j’ai volontairement augmenté la taille du rendu de la galaxie lors du traitement. On distingue aussi ses galaxies satellites, M32 et M110.
This photo shows the majestic Andromeda Galaxy (M31), our cosmic neighbor located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth.
To accentuate the effect of grandeur and emphasize its immensity, I deliberately increased the size of the galaxy's rendering during processing. Its satellite galaxies, M32 and M110, are also visible.
Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224. Andromeda has a D25 isophotal diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years)[8] and is approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years) from Earth. The galaxy's name stems from the area of Earth's sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda, which itself is named after the princess who was the wife of Perseus in Greek mythology. (Wikipedia)
Taken over 7 nights.
Details:
Device: Dwarf III Smart Telescope
Filter: Astro
Focus: AF
Tracking: EQ Mode
912 x 30 sec frames
Gain: 60
Darks: 20 frames
Bortle 5/6
Programs: Siril, PixInsight, BlurX, NoiseX, StarX, Photoshop
The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
Andromeda processed a bit more carefully as I lern more about the processing required.
Pleased with the outcome of this, 60 images, each 60 seconds, using three filters, RGB.on september 5 2021.
ASI294MMpro for capturing with WO Magrez90
Another pretty I found on my tour of our yard during the snow/sleet/icy rain storm. The mountain fire andromeda were beautiful but I hope not damaged by the ice. Press "L" for the best view of the ice drops.
Explored January 25, 2019
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Pentax K-1 II - HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE
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DESCRIPTION: My second attempt at photo of M31 Andromeda Galaxy with limited data and limited Photoshop skills :-) …. I looking forward your comments and tips. I would very appreciate your advise how to do better.
OBJECT: M31, Andromeda Galaxy, Constelation Andromeda, apparent magnitude 3,4, apparent dimension 3,2 x 1 arcdeg, FOV 4,1 x 2,7 arcdeg,
GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Nikkor 500/5,6 PF, no filter, pixel scale 1,79 arcsec/px, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC - 3 star alignment, no auto guiding, dew heater.
ACQUISITION: August 20, 2020, Struz, CZ, Exposure 300s, f 5,6, ISO 400, Interval 15 s, Lights 25x, Darks 24x, Bias 24x, Flats 30x. Total exposure time 125 min. Night, no clouds, breeze, 17 C, no Moon, light pollution - Bortle 5.
STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralization, light pollution removal, calibrate background.), Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 (stretching, black and white point settings, dim stars, enhance DSO, space noise reduction, contrast setting and sharpening). No cropped image, image size 3840 x 2560 px.
The Andromeda Galaxy also known as M31 is the closest major galaxy to us! It's 2.5 million light-years away, but it's one of the few galaxies that is moving towards us. It is excpected to collide with the milky-way in 4.5 billion years. Hopefully we get some clear skies to capture this event.
This was shot over 4 nights in September:
12.09.2020 97x240s
15.09.2020 36x240s
19.09.2020 46x240s
20.09.2020 40x240s
This image has therefore a total integration time of roughly 14.5 Hours!
Processing started with stacking in Pixinsight. I did some basic processing like background extraction and so on. Most of the processing however was done in Darktable (it works great for astro images). I manually corrected the colors to my likeing, increased the saturation and contrast of fine detail in the galaxy.
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5 Pro
Telescope: Omegon Pro Astrograph 154/600 F4
Guide camera: Orion starshoot autoguider
Guidescope: Orion 50mm
Coma Corrector: Skywatcher aplanatic coma corrector
I hope you like it!
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La belle galaxie d'Andromède culmine haut dans le ciel en ce moment en début de nuit.
J'attendais avec impatience une nuit claire pour m'éloigner de Paris et réaliser un beau portrait de cette galaxie. C'est chose faite depuis les environs de Provins.
En début de nuit nuages bas et brouillard m'ont fait craindre l'échec mais finalement le ciel s'est dégagé et j'ai pu en profiter à fond !
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Nikon Z6+ FTZ2 + Sigma 100-400
45x30s at 400mm / f8 / ISO3200
Tracking with Skywatcher Staradventurer
Processed with Siril, Starnet++ and PS
This is my most elaborate image of the Andromeda Galaxy so far. I used 404 images with 60 seconds exposure time each. There are also some shots with shorter exposure times to get details in the core. About 6.7h in total. The images were taken in NINA with guiding in PHD2, stacking and processing were done in Siril and Lightroom. The overall tuning of the image is a bit darker, making it look a bit mystic. I've been able to make some progress in shooting and processing over the last few weeks and I'm happy with the results.
Techdata
- Scope TS72 Photoline + Flattener, Mount HEQ-5 Pro,
- Camera ToupTek ATR3CMOS26000KPA
- 404 of ca 460 images used, + darks and bias frames.
- Self-made focusser based on Ardufocus
- Shooting in NINA, PHD2, processing Siril and Lightroom
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Dies ist bislang mein aufwendigstes Bild der Andromeda Galaxie. Ich verwendete 404 Bilder mit jeweils 60 Sekunden Belichtungszeit. Es sind auch einige Aufnahmen mit kürzeren Blichtungszeiten dabei, um Details im Kern zu erhalten. Etwa 6,7h insgesamt. Die Aufnahmen erfolgten in NINA mit Guiding in PHD2, das Stacken und die Bearbeitung wurden in Siril und Lightroom gemacht. Die Abstimmung des Bildes ist insgesamt etwas dunkler. Ich habe in den letzten Wochen ein paar kleine Fortschritte bei Aufnahme und Bearbeitung machen können und ich freue mich über das Ergebnis.
37608 ‘Andromeda’ hauling 345060 at Cossington with 5Q58 12:10 Derby Litchurch Lane - Old Dalby. 17-04-2019.
Imagen creativa. Tratamiento digital sobre base fotográfica propia. Gracias de antemano por vuestros comentarios, award, favoritos, invitaciones a grupo y la elección para galerías; perdonad que quizás no pueda responder individualmente. Todos los derechos reservados
Uso de imágenes realizas con IA – NigthCafeStudio, fusionadas con texturas e imágenes propias con Filter Forge, Photosoph.
La Galassia di Andromeda
Anche questa stagione non ho potuto resistere alle riprese dalla regina delle galassie!
Situata nella costellazione di Andromeda da cui prende il nome, è l’oggetto più lontano che l’uomo possa vedere ad occhio nudo, con i suoi 2,5 milioni di anni luce di distanza. Si tratta di una Galassia a spirale, che assieme alla nostra Via Lattea e alla Galassia del Triangolo M33, fa parte dell’Ammasso Locale di Galassie, che contiene anche una cinquantina di galassie minori, la maggior parte satelliti delle tre più grandi.
Quando osserviamo queste meraviglie, proviamo a pensare alle distanze in gioco e ai limiti della velocità della luce. Nonostante sia una tra le Galassie più vicine a noi, stiamo osservando M31 com’era 2,5 milioni di anni fa. Se su quella Galassia ci fossero delle forme di vita così evolute da poter osservare e “risolvere” a livello ottico il nostro pianeta, non vedrebbero metropoli, satelliti e razzi spaziali. A rappresentare il genere umano ci sarebbe l’Homo Habilis, nel periodo del Pliocene, in un mondo quasi tropicale.
Strumentazione:
Telescopi di Acquisizione: Celestron EdgeHD 11"
Camere Di Acquisizione: ZWO ASI2600MC DUO
Montature: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Filtri: Antlia ALP-T Dual Band 5nm 2"
Accessori: Starizona HyperStar 11 v4 (HS4-C11)
Software: Pixinsight · Photoshop · Russell Croman Tools
Dati di Acquisizione:
Data: 24 - 25 Agosto 2025
Fotogrammi: 133×120,″(4h 26′); 243×60,″(4h 3′)
Totale Integrazione: 8h 29′
Età lunare media: 1.69 giorni
Fase lunare media: 3.46%
Luoghi: Osservatorio in giardino, Mogoro, (OR).
Late night Ávila, one of the many spectacular cities in Spain.
Alway fascinated with Ávila since watching when youg a old Black&White film from of Orson Wells Chimes at Midnight..
I used some new processing skills and re-did my Andromeda photo from October. I was able to pull out some more blues and details.
Taken at Clark Botanic Garden is a 12-acre botanical garden and park located in Roslyn Heights, in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.
Pieris japonica, the Japanese andromeda or Japanese pieris, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan, where it grows in mountain thickets. This medium-sized evergreen shrub or tree is widely cultivated in gardens.
Dried, dead Andromeda blossoms, that were still so lovely I had to photograph them again. The only light was from a lamp in my living room. Bayside, Queens, NYC -- April 2, 2020
Andromeda Galaxy aus 8 Fotos a 30 Sec mit Deep Sky Stacker zusammengefügt. Kamera D780 Astro modifiziert. Objektiv: Sigma 135 mm f/1,8 Nachführung: Ioptron Sky Träcker Pro
Shot in November 2020 close to lake Volvi in Rentina, Greece (bortle 4) in two nights.
Equipment:
- Skywatcher Black Diamond ED80 refractor with an .85x Reducer/Flattener
- Skywatcher EQ5 PRO SynScan GoTo mount
- Modified Nikon D300
- Orion Starshoot autoguider and Orion Mini 50mm guide scope
- PHD2 guiding with ASCOM drivers
Frames:
- 90 light frames at ISO800 x 120 sec
- 87 dark frames
- 90 flat frames
- 90 bias frames
Processing Software:
AstroPixel Processor, PixInsight, Adobe Photoshop with Astronomy Tools Action set, Adobe Lightroom for final touches.
According to legend Rene Descartes lie in bed sick one day and saw a fly on the ceiling. He thought, "How could I convey to someone else who was not here the exactly location of the fly?" In that moment the world changed. He imagined a grid superimposed on the ceiling and by counting down and across he could describe to anyone where the fly was by using a pair of numbers. Thus was born Cartesian points, without which our culture would be hamstrung. I find myself in Descarte's predicament. How can I describe to you where to find Andromena in the photo above? That is, without superimposing an arrow (Look here!) or a cartesian grid.
Let me try this. There is the silhouette of a tall tree just right of center at the horizon. To the right of that tree and up about three lengths of that tree is a kite shaped configuration of relatively bright stars. The topmost point in that shape is Andromeda. If you look closely the galaxy is a bit hazy and slightly pinkish. Zoom in. Don't (ahem) strain your eyes trying to find Andromeda.
You will also note that while the sky is perfectly in focus, the ground is blurred. That's because my camera was mounted on a tracker which rotated along with the Earth. The exposure was 90 seconds and if I hadn't done that the sky would be blurred and the ground would have been in focus.
Sony ILCE-7M2 | Tamron 35mm ƒ2.8
What a awesome color for this LP560 , but i prefer this one with other rims, black callistos isn't cool for the LP560 in my opinion !
Drydock - V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
This drydock is actually next to the Victoria & Alfred Hotel (see note) in the V&A Waterfront. What is unique about our Waterfront is that it remains to be a working harbor whilst also a very popular shopping & social area. This is one of Cape Towns biggest tourist attractions with our beautiful beaches (including blue flag) and of course Table Mountain.
The ferry to Robben Island departs from the Waterfront.
I took this photograph whilst walking back from the aquarium (directly behind me when taking this picture). Yes, you've guessed it - acquarium pics to follow. :)
Andromeda at this time of year doesn't get high enough above the horizon to photograph until about 2am or so. It starts getting too light to photograph at around 4am. Which gives only about 2 hours during one night to capture the image. I'm not usually up at 2am, but Seestar can be set to autopilot and do the late night/early morning work while you sleep.
782 ten-second subframes taken over two nights.
Seestar S50 mosaic mode | Polar Alignment