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Credit & Copyright: Hugo Armando Rua Gutierrez
Explanation:
Whats that rising over the hill?
A galaxy.
Never having seen a galaxy themselves, three friends of an industrious astrophotographer
experienced an exhilarating night sky firsthand that featured not only the
band of our Milky Way galaxy but also
Milky Way's neighbor -- the
Andromeda galaxy.
Capturing the scene required careful pre-shot planning including finding a good site,
waiting for good weather, balancing relative
angular sizes with a zoom lens, managing
ground lighting, and minimizing atmospheric light
absorption.
The calculated shot therefore placed the friends on a hill about 250 meters away
and about 50 meters up.
The featured single-exposure image was taken last July 26 at about 11:30 pm in
Guatape,
Colombia,
about two hours from
Medellin.
The surrounding stars visible are all nearby in our own galaxy, while the small galaxy
just above
M31
is Andromeda's satellite
M110.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: M 31 - Andromeda galaxy
Publications with words: M 31 - Andromeda galaxy
See also:
- APOD: 2023 November 13 Á Andromeda over the Alps
- The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda
- APOD: 2023 August 23 Á The Meteor and the Galaxy
- NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
- APOD: 2023 March 22 Á M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
- APOD: 2023 January 17 Á Unexpected Clouds Toward the Andromeda Galaxy
- Clouds Around Galaxy Andromeda