Andromeda Gallaxy

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Image Title: Andromeda Gallaxy

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By: Nigel Smith
Copyright ©2004

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Photographer	Nigel Smith {Karma:591}
Project	N/A	Camera Model	Canon 300D
Categories	Digital Landscape Nature	Film Format
Portfolio		Lens	Meade LXD55 8inch Schmitt Newtonian
Uploaded	10/23/2004	Film / Memory Type	Lexar 1GB
		ISO / Film Speed	16
Views	4972	Shutter	30s
Favorites	0	Aperture	f/4.0
Critiques	7	Rating	Pending / 2 Ratings
Location	City - My Light Polluted Back Yard in Otley. State - WEST YORKSHIRE Country - United Kingdom
About	One of my longest interests has been Astronomy and up until recently I've had little success at trying to marry both this and photography. My latest addition has been a telescope with a computer driven mount which has allowed me to take this picture, my first ever really deep sky picture. The Andromeda Gallaxy is our closest neighbour outside of the Milkyway and lies at a distance of 2.2million light years. This means that the photons used to create this picture left their source at about the same time that prehistoric man was taking his first steps. The picture is a single shot, I'm now trying out stacking sequencial images and I'm hoping that I may have something worth showing in the next few weeks. Thanks for looking.

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Shaun Rullens

{K:2732} 11/5/2005

Is that noise? You might want to try Noise Ninja to remove it.

Other then that it's a great shot

Nigel Smith {K:591} 2/1/2005

Tiffany... Thank you, Thank you, Thank you :-)

Tiffany Hix {K:5012} 2/1/2005

WOW WOW WOW!!!

James Silcock {K:12501} 1/31/2005

Another fascinating image, the number of stars visble as well is pretty good for a light polluted area...cheers.

Paulo Martel {K:2550} 10/29/2004

Dear Nigel,

very beautiful picture, I have looked many times at Andromeda through the eye piece of my binocular, but have never seen it this way. The soft colors make it look a bit like a painting.

Congrats and thanks for your nice comment on my moon picture,
Paulo

ken krishnan {K:19102} 10/23/2004

Wonderful. I like the info very much.

Would love to see other pics. I am sure you have something worth showing.

regards,
ken.

Nigel Smith {K:591} 10/23/2004

This is the original before any processing. Post processing shows more detail in the dust lanes of the gallaxy's spiral arms... if you use a bit of imagination :-)

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