M31, M32, M110

“Andromeda Galaxy and Satellites”

Constellation-Andromeda

Right Ascension: 00h 42m 58s

Declination: +41° 17' 33"

Distance: 2.9 million light years

Visual Brightness: 3.4mag

Apparent Dimension: 178 x 63 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- October 20, 2015

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- Takahashi FS-78 @ f/6.4 (Sky90 Reducer), ATIK 383L Mono @ -20C, on a HDX-110 EQ-G autoguided with PHD2.5

Integrations-  L = 12 x 600 seconds binned 2x2

This was a test of the focal reducer on the Tak and the guiding of the HDX-110.

Processing- Flats and darks, aligned and combined in Maxim DL 6, processed with Maxim and Photoshop CS5