M 31 | ||
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| Description: | The 'Andromeda Galaxy' is the nearest large galaxy to our own. It is unusually rich in globular clusters for a spiral galaxy, harboring at least 500 of them. The black hole at the center of this galaxy has a mass of about 30 million Suns. | |
| Constellation: | Andromeda | |
| Distance: | 2.5 million light years | |
| Apparent Size: | 3.1o x 1.0o | |
| Date: | 18 august 2006 | |
| Equipment: | AP155, ST10XME, AP1200 | |
| Exposure: | RGB: 40 minutes each, unbinned (Astrodons) | |