M31

The Great Galaxy in Andromeda

copyright Robert Gendler 2002

 

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M31 High Resolution Mosaic

 

The following image of M31 is a mosaic of 40 separate frames taken from

September to November 2002. Cumulative exposure time for the entire mosaic

was 40 hours. Each frame was imaged at a focal length of 2000mm and

had a resolution of 1.7 to 2.5 arcseconds depending on sky conditions.

The equipment used was a 12.5" Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain (at F6) and ST10XME.

The mosaic was assembled using Adobe Photoshop 6.0

 

 

 

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