Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light\u2014a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’ll take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.<\/p>\n
Good morning. It is October 25, and today\u2019s image features one of the most photogenic galaxies from Earth\u2019s vantage point\u2014the Andromeda Galaxy.<\/p>\n
This photo was captured by an astrophotographer named Kevin Chernoff using a 6-inch reflector telescope on a tracking mount. According to Chernoff, this was an astrophotography-modified, mirrorless camera without any special filters. \u201cIt is about two and a half hours of total exposure time across 300 individual frames, stacked and processed together,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was shot from a dark roadside location about an hour away from my home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Home for Chernoff is British Columbia, Canada.<\/p>\n
There are a few dozen galaxies closer to the Milky Way than the Andromeda Galaxy, but it\u2019s the nearest large spiral galaxy that looks a lot like our own. From an amateur astronomy perspective, what I like most about the Andromeda Galaxy is that it is the farthest object that humans can see with the naked eye. And at 2.5 million light-years away, that is really far away. If you want to try to find it on your own, EarthSky has a nice guide for tracking it down. Or rather, up.<\/p>\n
Have a great day, and we\u2019ll be back tomorrow with some more space-y goodness.<\/p>\n
Source: Kevin Chernoff.<\/p>\n
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