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
Beautiful image. Note that with the naked eye - or binoculars - you'll only see the bright blob in the middle, the galaxy's core, which is already larger than the Moon in the sky. The spiral arms only show up in long exposure. It really is a huge object, and close by.