our neighbour galaxy

nytecam · #1 (**permalink**) 31-08-2009, 10:29 PM

Here's a brief 40s exposure of M31 via my wide-angle finder camera that reveals the dust lanes of this near edge-on galaxy and two satellite galaxies M110 and M32 [marked].

M31 appears as a faint fuzzy to the eye or in binoculars high in the east [starmap needed] in the late evening and is our twin neighbouring galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy and contain millions of stars

shirl · #2 (**permalink**) 01-09-2009, 01:07 PM

That's superb and thanks for sharing - keep them coming.

Shirl

Tormentil · #3 (**permalink**) 01-09-2009, 03:41 PM

I agree with Shirl. I always enjoy your pics.

petermcgain · #4 (**permalink**) 02-09-2009, 02:50 PM

That's a great picture of M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy) which is the furthest object to be seen with the naked eye. It's 2 million light years away or, as Douglas Adams once said, a little further than the local chemist. It's really good to view it through binoculars while spooking yourself that the light you are actually seeing left 2 million years ago!