Whispers of Andromeda

In December 2021, beneath the Arizona night, my Alt-Azimuth mount unveiled a cosmic marvel — the Andromeda Galaxy, a spiral of light born from ancient dust and time. I was stunned, as if the universe had whispered my name through its silken arms. Now, after months of monsoon silence, I returned with my Equatorial Mount — and once again, Andromeda unfurled her beauty. Located in the constellation Andromeda, she lies about 2.5 million light-years away, the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way, carrying the dreams of 10 billion years. Each photon reminds me WHY WE MUST PROTECT OUR DARK SKY — so the universe may continue to tell its LUMINOUS TALES TO HEARTS THAT LISTEN.

Telescope: Celestron Nexstar Evo 9.25 235mm f/10 Schmidt Cassegrain

Camera: ZWO-ASI2600MCPRO

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ-6R Pro Computerized Equatorial Mount S303000

Guide Scope: ZWO 30F4Miniscope

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI462 MC Planetary Camera

Starizona Hyperstar 4HS4-C9.25 white 10014

Starizona Telrad Reflex Sight Finders

ZWO standard Electronic Automatic Focuser EAF-5V

ZWO ASIAir Plus Wifi Camera Controller

Optolong- L-Pro 2” multiband Pass Filter


Dew Heater Astrozap

Dew Shield - Celestron

Samsung Cellular Phone

Memory Card

Images were downloaded in Bridge, brought to Pixinsight, and final editing in Adobe Photoshop.