For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
Usually a strain to see.
My bartender would pour me an Andromeda in a single shot. And after a few shots, you’d see stars.
“Of course in only 5 billion years or so, the stars of Andromeda could span the entire night sky as the Andromeda Galaxy merges with the Milky Way.”
Not on MY watch, it won’t! :)
In August I can see the Milky Way from my front porch. I got a new camera and plan on trying to take a few pictures this summer. I’ll post some if they’re any good. ;)
One of the problems with long focal length telescopes, is that their field of view is so small, you can’t get all of Andromeda into frame. To get around this with long focal lengths, is to shoot several frames and put them together like a mosaic.
The bad news is The Andromeda Galaxy and The Milky Way Galaxy are on a collision course. Andromeda is heading for us at about 400,000 miles an hour.
But it’ll be sometime before it gets here.
