M31 Andromeda Galaxy

📍 Eugene, OR📅 Captured: 2024-09-29⏱️ Total Exposure: 2.3 Hours

🔭Imaging Equipment

Telescope / OpticsSky-Watcher Evostar 80ED Pro

CameraZWO ASI1600MM Pro

Equatorial MountZWO AM5n

FiltersZWO LRGB Filters

Guiding SetupZWO ASI120MM-Mini

📊Acquisition & Subframes

Light Frames Breakdown

ZWO Luminance (L)180 x 30s (Gain 75, Bin1)

1.5 Hours

ZWO Red, Green, Blue (RGB)100 x 30s (Gain 75, Bin2)

0.8 Hours

Total Integration2.3 Hours

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is our nearest major spiral galaxy neighbor, located approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Andromeda.

Target Details & Notes

Captured over a few nights starting September 29, 2024 using my Sky-Watcher 80ED Pro refractor from Eugene, Oregon. This image is a 2-panel mosaic composite stitched together and processed in PixInsight to capture the full disc, outer dust lanes, and satellite galaxies M32 and M110.