Saturday, November 19, 2005

Andromeda Galaxy (M 31)


The picture on the Top Left corner was taken by me on 18th November 2005 using my telescope. It shows the M31 spiral galaxy. Although it is difficult to make out in the normal and the sharpened (Bottom Right) images the moment we enhance contrast (Top Right) or obtain a binary threshold we get the elliptical shape of M31 seen at an angle.

It is the first picture I have ever taken of a deep sky object!

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