31.03.2012 In #Frankfurt kesselt die Polizei hunderte #M31 Demonstrierende. Der Kessel wird später für rechtswidrig erklärt und die Polizei Frankfurt muss bis zu 750 Euro Schmerzensgeld pro Person zahlen, insgesamt über 100.000 Euro. #PreviousPosting
I've had no time to do any astronomy for fun recently. I was working until after 4am this morning so had very little sleep, but I just made myself take 30mins to explore #Jupiter, loads of #StarClusters, #M45 + #M31 with my #SkywatcherHeritage 74mm mini #Dobsonian#telescope. No imaging - just looking. This telescope is so much fun and I love it 🥰
Here is the final result of our other long-term October project: The Andromeda Galaxy. Like our revisitation of the Pleiades star cluster, this image demonstrates the progress we have made over the past year.
Imaging by @alex NYC - Bortle 9 / 220 x 180s subs, Sony a6300 (ISO 400) / Z61 (f5.9, 360 mm) /AM5 /ZWO asi120mm mini
100 years ago tonight: Edwin Hubble discovers the Universe
This photographic glass plate captured by Edwin Hubble on October 6, 1923, at Carnegie’s Mount Wilson Observatory forever changed our understanding of the universe and paved the way for modern astronomy.
Almost OTD one year ago I started my journey down the astrophotography rabbit hole.
I took my first astronomical picture, the Andromeda galaxy (M31), with a stock DSLR, a zoom lens and a simple star tracker (Canon T7i, Canon 70-200mm f/4 and SW Star Adventurer, 176 x 60s). I was quite happy of the result and hooked into the hobby.
Fast forward one year and I shot the Andromeda galaxy again, this time with my latest process, techniques and equipment.
OK so it's not the greatest version of M31 ever, but I was caught out by surprise clear skies last night, so flung the Dwarf.ii scope up in a matter of minutes and left it overnight.
It shot 511 frames from which I've been able to make this :)
(Also: wow, @Siril_Official is coming along leaps & bounds these days... :) )
Preliminary report of the discovery of a probable nova in M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy) on 2023 May 28.063 UT by astronomers using the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov, Czech Republic.
The object designated PNV J00421981+4107048 is located at R.A. = 0h42m19s.81, Decl. = +41o07'04".8, which is 276.7" west and 543.7" south of the center of M31. Mag 18.1 in R.
M31, at 2.5 million light-years distance, is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
FYI - the Andromeda galaxy M31 and our Milky Way galaxy will be pulled together by their mutual gravity and will collide in about 4 billion years. 2 billion years later, the two galaxies will merge to form a single galaxy.
Below is an animation from NASA of the collision and merger.