| M31, The Andromeda
Galaxy
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| Location and Date | Taken at Little Mount Hoffman, California 9/2/2008 |
| Telescope | Vixen 114ED Refractor with the f/4.4 focal reducer |
| Mount | Orion Sirius EQ-G |
| Camera | Hutech-modified Canon 350D |
| Exposure | 19 x 600 second exposures |
| Guiding | Orion StarShoot AutoGuider |
| Processing / Software | MaxIm DL 4.58 and Adobe Photoshop 7.1 |
| Notes | I was pleasantly surprised to find modeling detail in the M110 (click here to see closer) companion galaxy seen to the right of M31. |