Posted on Jun 25, 2021
APOD: 2021 June 25 - Andromeda in a Single Shot
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Good Red Friday morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APDO) is titled "Andromeda in a Single Shot." The skies in southern Portugal are darker than most places in the United States, and that is what made this shot possible. Messier 31 (M31, aka the Andromeda Galaxy) is positioned over a chimney at an old mining site. The final product was processed through Photoshop to highlight the deep sky features while leaving the sunlit chimney in the foreground.
Here's an English translation of the photographer's notes from his Instagram page: "In really dark places we can clearly distinguish this naked eye galaxy, the image though, captured with a Nikon D850 modified camera and a 105mm Sigma Art lens set to f/2 with an ISO2500, could reveal during this single short exposure of 25 seconds, much more interesting details like the spiral violet arms from Ha light emission, involved in the oblong faint bluish white dust, as well as, the satellite companion galaxies of M110 (elliptical shape visible above) and M32, with its peculiar round diffuse shape located below, in the most outer arm. "
Here's an English translation of the photographer's notes from his Instagram page: "In really dark places we can clearly distinguish this naked eye galaxy, the image though, captured with a Nikon D850 modified camera and a 105mm Sigma Art lens set to f/2 with an ISO2500, could reveal during this single short exposure of 25 seconds, much more interesting details like the spiral violet arms from Ha light emission, involved in the oblong faint bluish white dust, as well as, the satellite companion galaxies of M110 (elliptical shape visible above) and M32, with its peculiar round diffuse shape located below, in the most outer arm. "
APOD: 2021 June 25 - Andromeda in a Single Shot
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Friday, June 25, 2021 entitled "Andromeda in a Single Shot."
Image: Andromeda in a Single Shot - Image Credit & Copyright - Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva)
Kudos to the photographer for a great sense of humor combined with a wonderful image :
This view seems to show an old-mine chimney in southern Portugal - post shot of a firework which seems to have resulted in a star burst - Andromeda.
APOD Background
"Explanation: How far can you see? The Andromeda Galaxy, 2.5 million light years away, is the most distant object easily seen by the unaided eye. Other denizens of the night sky, like stars, clusters, and nebulae, are typically hundreds to thousands of light-years distant. That's far beyond the Solar System but well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. Also known as M31, the external galaxy poses directly above a chimney in this well-planned deep night skyscape from an old mine in southern Portugal. The image was captured in a single exposure tracking the sky, so the foreground is slightly blurred by the camera's motion while Andromeda itself looms large. The galaxy's brighter central region, normally all that's visible to the naked-eye, can be seen extending to spiral arms with fainter outer reaches spanning over 4 full moons across the sky. 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."
Since this is from an old mine
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofrqm6-LCqs
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Image: Andromeda in a Single Shot - Image Credit & Copyright - Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva)
Kudos to the photographer for a great sense of humor combined with a wonderful image :
This view seems to show an old-mine chimney in southern Portugal - post shot of a firework which seems to have resulted in a star burst - Andromeda.
APOD Background
"Explanation: How far can you see? The Andromeda Galaxy, 2.5 million light years away, is the most distant object easily seen by the unaided eye. Other denizens of the night sky, like stars, clusters, and nebulae, are typically hundreds to thousands of light-years distant. That's far beyond the Solar System but well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. Also known as M31, the external galaxy poses directly above a chimney in this well-planned deep night skyscape from an old mine in southern Portugal. The image was captured in a single exposure tracking the sky, so the foreground is slightly blurred by the camera's motion while Andromeda itself looms large. The galaxy's brighter central region, normally all that's visible to the naked-eye, can be seen extending to spiral arms with fainter outer reaches spanning over 4 full moons across the sky. 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."
Since this is from an old mine
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofrqm6-LCqs
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter LTC (Join to see) MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant A1C Riley Sanders CPL Douglas Chrysler SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen 1SG Dan Capri MSgt James Clark-Rosa SGT (Join to see) SMSgt Mark Venzeio 1LT Voyle Smith
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I'll Keep It With Mine - Fairport Convention
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I'll Keep It With Mine - Fairport Convention
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Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price and thanks for the excellent post. Apparently in spite of our distance we will eventually be one with Andromeda
The Andromeda–Milky Way collision is a galactic collision predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years between the two largest galaxies in the Local Group—the Milky Way (which contains the Solar System and Earth) and the Andromeda Galaxy.[1][2][3][4][5] The stars involved are sufficiently far apart that it is improbable that any of them will individually collide.[6] Some stars will be ejected from the resulting galaxy, nicknamed Milkomeda or Milkdromeda.
The Andromeda–Milky Way collision is a galactic collision predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years between the two largest galaxies in the Local Group—the Milky Way (which contains the Solar System and Earth) and the Andromeda Galaxy.[1][2][3][4][5] The stars involved are sufficiently far apart that it is improbable that any of them will individually collide.[6] Some stars will be ejected from the resulting galaxy, nicknamed Milkomeda or Milkdromeda.
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