Andromeda Galaxy

Photograph information

Lens Sigma 170-500 F 6.8

Film: Kodak Fuji superia 400

Exposure : 60min Manual guided 

Date : 31/7/2000

Location : Greece Island Crete

Photograph Information:

M-31, the Great Galaxy in Andromeda and its companions. M-31 is the closest large spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy, and therefore presents us with a wealth of details. Dust lanes become visible in medium-sized telescopes , and large telescopes can even identify individual members of its system of globular clusters. The galaxy is best viewed through large binoculars  thru which you can easy find the the elliptical M-110 but always you will be unsure if the fuzzy star-like M32 can be resolved. The Andromeda Galaxy, is the finest spiral galaxy in the heavens, and probably the most well known. The galaxy lies at about a fifteen degree angle from being edge-on; it has a bright oval nucleus. Its distance is approximately 2.3 million light years. 

You can up side down the photo so to have better representation of the physical position of the galaxy in the havens but none astrophotographer likes this and always you will se it as mine. 

The fuzzy  bright star-like close to core of M31  is another elliptical galaxy M32(NGC 221), This galaxy is located 24 arc minutes to the south of M31 and is best seen in large telescopes. 

The small elliptical galaxy in the lower middle of photo is another elliptical galaxy M110(NGC 205), and a larger companion to M31 but much dimmer. It lies about thirty-five arc-minutes NW of M31. 

The above galaxies together with our milky way the Magellan clouds and others galaxies  belong to a group of galaxies named local group.

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