Date: 1/29/2020
Description The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years (770 kiloparsecs) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. The galaxy's name stems from the area of the Earth's sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda. [Ref: WikiPedia]
Sky Conditions: Clear skies with 20% moon shine , FWHM: 2.6 arc sec/pixel
Imaging: Exposure: 215 min Color de-bayered (43 x 300 sec) at 1x1bin using Celestron LPF
Guiding: AP 80mm guidescope with guide-camera (3sec guide-rate)
Equipment:
ZWO ASI 183 Color Pro -10 deg C
8” RASA at F2
Paramount ME Mount
SW:
SkyX, PixIsight - calibration with darks, bias and color correction (weighted batch processing, auto-script merge and noise reduction)
Observatory site : Northern VA