| Constellation tour in Autumn |
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| Date & Time: | Oct 11 2009, 20:52 to 21:17, 21:52 to 22:17 JST(+0900) |
| Mosaic of 2 images with 25min. exposed | |
| Optical: | SMC TAKUMAR f=105mm F2.4, Aperture: F4.0, with Kenko PRO-Softon[A] filter |
| Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial | |
| Camera: | PENTAX 67 |
| Film: | Fujichrome VELVIA 100 (+2EV pushed) |
| Location: | Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref. |
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The constellation of Andromeda is a heroine in a grand Greek myth of the ancient Ethiopean dynasty.
Almost all fields in autumn skies are occupied by characters in this story, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Perseus, Pegasus, Cepheus, and Cetus. The asterism consists of several bright stars with magnitudes of about 2, and there is a splendid galaxy of M31, The Andromeda Galaxy, at the side of Princess Andromeda. It could be said that the galaxy makes the name of this constellation popular. |
Guide for Deep Sky Objects| The Andromeda Galaxy M31 | ...One of most popular objects in Autumn skies, 2.3 million ly. away |
| NGC891 | ...An edge-on galaxy 4 degrees east of gamma And |
| NGC752 | ...Open cluster with a diameter of 45 arc minutes around the left leg of Andromeda |
| NGC7640 | ...A Galaxy with 10' diameter in NW edge of Andromeda |
| Blue Snowball(NGC7662) | ...A blue & compact planetary in northern region of Andromeda, 1790 ly. away |
| NGC7686 | ...Medium-sized open cluster near Milky Way's edge |
| Abell262 | ...Medium-scaled galaxy cluster including 40 galaxies, 210 millions ly. away |
 Ursa Minor |
 Pegasus |
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