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Community photo entitled  by Faiz Ahmad on 09/02/2021 at Maryland, US

On 09/02/2021 11:30 pm by Faiz Ahmad| Maryland, US

Messier 31 is the Great Galaxy in Andromeda. This galaxy is a gigantic collection of more than 300 billion stars that is located 2.5 million light-years from Earth. Companion dwarf elliptical galaxies M32 (NGC 221) and M110 (NGC 205) are also visible, as well as NGC 206, a stellar association inside of M31.

Still working to capture dust, NGC 206, and center of M31 with more details.

Triplet Refractor Telescope Focal Length 714mm, EQ G mount, 60 mm guide scope, Canon 80D mod, ASI 224 MC guide camera.
Post-processing Details:

Exposure: 20 minutes total and still working to capture dust and center of M31
Stacked (2X600s LF) in DSS and further processed in GIMP.