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After two years of trying, finally took a pic of the Andromeda Galaxy I’m proud of (OC)
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After two years of trying, finally took a pic of the Andromeda Galaxy I’m proud of (OC)
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For more of my struggles and successes with the rewarding and frustrating hobby of astrophotography, check out my Instagram: @brennangilmorephoto or [my website](https://www.brennangilmorephoto.com).
This photo was taken with a four inch telescope over the course of multiple nights from my backyard near Charlottesville, Virginia, US.
The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light years from our solar system, and is the closest spiral galaxy to us. Probably looks a lot like our own Milky Way. Probably some dork taking a picture of us the same time I was taking this picture of them. Of course the same time means 2.5 million years in our future. Also, fun fact: we are heading towards each other at 113km/s and are due to collide in 5 billion years. (Although the distance between stars is so great there will be little if any actual interaction).
Another fun aspect of this photo: there are 24 million pixels (roughly) in this image and around 1 trillion stars in the Andromeda Galaxy which takes up half the image. This means there is somewhere in the neighborhood of 21,000 stars per pixel in the galactic glow.
[Full resolution](https://www.astrobin.com/full/h2099c/B/)
Equipment details:
Equipment: ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro, Esprit100, Chroma RGB and 3nm Ha; SW Eq6R Pro.
Integration: 90x 120s each RGB filter; 6x600s Ha filter; 25 darks, 10 flats, 10 dark flats.
Update: Newsweek [did a story](https://www.newsweek.com/incredible-picture-andromeda-galaxy-space-photography-1695950) on this post. Thanks Reddit!
It is a pretty darn good picture as well.
Anybody know what the two red blips are in the second ring of gas, directly to the left of Andromeda’s center?
Followed! How does one take pictures like this?
That’s beautiful.
And people say we are alone in the universe, have you LOOKED at the sky.
holy shit.
How many starbursts did it take to get there and back?
I’m going to have to get out there and take a look at this one these clouds clear up. Amazing work!
Wow! I have a new Background now. Thanks!
Beautiful work! Congrats my friend 🌟
I fucking love space!
I have no fucking idea why, but galaxies look like they taste really good.
To think this is how Andromeda looked 2.5 million years ago. Great picture!
Pictures like this convince me that there’s just no way we’re alone
Just FYI. Don’t try to use that image or any other for the theme of your debit or credit card. They’ll say it’s a copyrighted image even if you’re the one who took it. I know because it’s what they say to me…
Nice! Now take one of the Ford Galaxy
Probably a dumb question, but what is at the very centre of the galaxy? Is it just a really bright, large star?
I always feel frustrated when I see astronomical bodies in pictures, not by the picture its self of course it is beautiful.
I just want to feel a sense of scale and I know it is impossible to comprehend even trying to rationalise it by distance or maths, like… I have tried many times to an almost impossibly frustrating level to try and comprehend just the size of the sun but all I can understand is like “Sun big, me small”
IT’S COMING RIGHT FOR US
So all those dots are suns??
It’s really not fair that we can see it but cannot explore it.
Mass effect theme intensifies
Somewhere in that Galaxy is another life form looking at us posting in their own reddit a picture of our Galaxy, and some alien is responding that somewhere in the milky way is a life form looking at them and posting on reddit while someone comments about a life form in their Galaxy is posting a picture of their Galaxy and someone is commenting that
I’m proud of that galaxy too.
I’ve been stargazing with scopes for nearly two decades, never dove into astrophotography myself, but I’ve seen plenty of images and this is probably the best shot of Andromeda I have ever seen. Awesome job, thank you for sharing this.
Lol I took a bunch of pictures of my house and plants that I was really proud of yesterday, then this motherfucker comes in with a picture of a fucking galaxy.
Followed. This is the content I need in my life.
“I’ve… seen things you people wouldn’t believe… Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gates. All those… moments… will be lost in time, Like tears… in… rain.”
Can you add banana for scale?
Just think, somewhere in there is a planet of sentient blancmanges who tried to win Wimbledon in 1969 by turning everyone in England into Scotsmen.
so is this is real image or is this computer generated from a bunch of images? just wondering how you can zoom in that far with a telescope n get a picture like this
That’s beautiful. Space is the only thing that ignites in me an existential crisis with the exception of my ex mother in law
Can someone please explain it to me like I’m 5 how the literal fuck a 4 inch telescope captures that image from 2.5m ly away (edit: million not billion)
Out of all my years of watching shows and reading articles and magazines about space, I don’t think I’ve ever run across a more clear photo of Andromeda. Kudos to you for your hard work getting this photo and thank you for sharing it.
Wow! Thank you so much, Brennan, for posting this and giving us the name of your website. Just stunning images! Thanks for being the “dork” who spent your time on collecting and providing this to the public. I am simply amazed at what you have captured. I’ve never been one to denounce dorks, having had a roommate in college who was a dork of the First Order, lol, and who has been a friend for years.
Thanks, – Gary.