The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) taken with my RASA 8″ Telescope. I took images in the Oxygen and Sulphur wavelengths of light in addition to the Hydrogen alpha images i took a couple of weeks ago and have now created an RGB colour image representing 8 hours of exposure. This barred spiral galaxy is 2.5 million light years away in the constellation Andromeda and is home to over a Trillion stars. The brown bands of nebulosity on the outer edge represent new star forming regions and the object below the main galaxy is M32, is a smaller satellite galaxy of Andromeda and only discovered in 1742
