M31 – The Andromeda Galaxy
A 4” refractor telescope and cooled astro-camera captured the 2 million year old light of 1 trillion stars in dark, western skies.
-Location: Fort Davis, TX – Bortle 2
-Integration: 50×300” (4Hr, 10m total)
-Telescope: TeleVue NP101is 4” Petzval refractor
-Camera: ZWO 2600MC Pro @ 100G/-10*C
-Filter: Optolong L-Pro
-Mount: Celestron CGX
-Guiding: Celestron OAG w/174mm mini
-Control: ASiAir Plus
-Processing: PixInsight (stacking, solving, cropping, background extraction, spectro color calibration, BlurX, StarX, statistical stretch, star stretch, curves, NoiseX, pixel math)
duckyith on
Really great shot! What are the white smudge things in front?
NorthernViews on
To think of the potential many intelligent civilizations in this picture, in that galaxy… going about their business. Perhaps they look up at their night sky and wonder about other beings in their own galaxy, never mind the ones in our faint Milky Way they could see in the distance.
Hispanoamericano2000 on
Pretty great photography! 👍🏻🤟🏻
Una fotografía bastante genial!👍🏻🤟🏻
Roslov on
Awesome, very impressive!
Small consolation from a random internet stranger, I know, but thank you for your effort!
StolenLabias on
Great work! Always wanted to dive into Ap, this might make me do it!
LoftyLexi on
I know it involved a lot of time, effort and specialist gear, but it absolutely blows my mind that it’s possible to get such a clear and detailed image from Earth’s surface.
![Andromeda Galaxy from 3 sleepless nights in the dark [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/srgqu823xl5f1-1027x1536.jpeg "Andromeda Galaxy from 3 sleepless nights in the dark [OC]")
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M31 – The Andromeda Galaxy
A 4” refractor telescope and cooled astro-camera captured the 2 million year old light of 1 trillion stars in dark, western skies.
-Location: Fort Davis, TX – Bortle 2
-Integration: 50×300” (4Hr, 10m total)
-Telescope: TeleVue NP101is 4” Petzval refractor
-Camera: ZWO 2600MC Pro @ 100G/-10*C
-Filter: Optolong L-Pro
-Mount: Celestron CGX
-Guiding: Celestron OAG w/174mm mini
-Control: ASiAir Plus
-Processing: PixInsight (stacking, solving, cropping, background extraction, spectro color calibration, BlurX, StarX, statistical stretch, star stretch, curves, NoiseX, pixel math)
Really great shot! What are the white smudge things in front?
To think of the potential many intelligent civilizations in this picture, in that galaxy… going about their business. Perhaps they look up at their night sky and wonder about other beings in their own galaxy, never mind the ones in our faint Milky Way they could see in the distance.
Pretty great photography! 👍🏻🤟🏻
Una fotografía bastante genial!👍🏻🤟🏻
Awesome, very impressive!
Small consolation from a random internet stranger, I know, but thank you for your effort!
Great work! Always wanted to dive into Ap, this might make me do it!
I know it involved a lot of time, effort and specialist gear, but it absolutely blows my mind that it’s possible to get such a clear and detailed image from Earth’s surface.
Amazing stuff! Great job, really inspiring. ❤️