M31

"The Andromeda Galaxy"

Constellation- Andromeda

Right Ascension: 00h 42m 58s

Declination: +41° 17' 33"

Distance: 2.9 million light years

Visual Brightness: 3.4mag

Apparent Dimension: 178 x 63 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- September 11, 2004

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- NexStar11 GPS @ f/6.8, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with CCDSoft Ver. 5.0

Integrations- LRGB, L = 10 x 600 seconds binned 1x1, RGB = 5 x 600 seconds each binned 2x2 using Astrodon Filters

Processing- Flats and darks, aligned and combined in CCDSoft, color combined in Astroart 2.0, levels and curves on Photoshop CS