So happy to have captured this — my best astro photo to date. This is, of course, the Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor at a stone’s throw of 2.5 million light years away. You can also see M110 and M32, its two brightest satellite galaxies (out of a whopping 35 dwarf galaxies orbiting around it). Shot with a Dwarf 3 telescope under a starry Idaho night sky, which was stunning even with the naked eye.
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@bluejay@ohai.social @briankrebs@infosec.exchange A nice image indeed. Not to be too pedantic but the Andromeda Galaxy is hardly our nearest galactic neighbor. There are at least 50 other mostly small, obscure galaxies that are closer. The image shows all galaxies closer to us than M31. The ones brighter than 14 mag are labeled.