It is 2.5 million light years away from Earth and is the other major member of the Local Group, our local collection of galaxies. Like the Milky Way, it is a barred spiral galaxy, so-called for the bar-like structure formed by the stars in its center. Related: Galaxies, the cosmic ...
As far as deep-sky astrophotography targets go, M31 is actually one of theeasiertargets to capture early on. It may not look like an image taken with theHubble Telescope, but it will most certainly impress your friends. In this article, I’ll cover the facts, observational history, and lo...
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At this stage, we can now see a lot more of the galaxy structure. The image is far from done, but it’s nice to see all of the interesting details of our deep sky object. This is another great time to save the image. I also like to use theHistorystate feature of Adobe Photoshop ...
Andromeda Galaxy, great spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, the nearest large galaxy. It is one of the few visible to the unaided eye, appearing as a milky blur. The Andromeda Galaxy is located about 2,480,000 light-years from Earth, and its di