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X_PRSN t1_ix438mw wrote

If you're willing to wait a few billion years, it really will be in your back yard!

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix46nqv wrote

It practically is now. It's only 16 times as far away as it is wide.

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix42g50 wrote

I took this picture in my backyard with a star adventurer, canon t5i and a 55-250mm is stm.

It is 1hr40m of 30 second exposures.

This image is for a YouTube video I am working on to help people find Andromeda, still have a bit to go to finish it but I've got other cool stuff I did in my backyard up.

I have a sigma 24mm f1.4 on the way for wide field and it will be a huge difference compared to the kit lens I have been using.

I made a video inspired by this picture and featuring more of my pictures and timelapses if you would like to check it out! https://youtu.be/2yRO0GtaaZI

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TheGreenRaccoon07 t1_ix47cjc wrote

This is an awesome picture! What's the bortle level in your location?

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix4bjon wrote

Bortle 4 on a map but I think it's closer to bortle 5 in reality.

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TheGreenRaccoon07 t1_ix4caol wrote

It's great to hear that pictures like these can be taken in an area like that. I guess long exposure can do a lot

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix4d2ih wrote

I can see it quite easily in my 10" dob including being able to make out the dust lanes on a good night.

I've looked at in bortle 7 with small binoculars, it's still quite easy to spot but isn't as impressive as you're only able to see the bright core. Still your seeing an object 2.5 million light years away!

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TheGreenRaccoon07 t1_ix4dc0e wrote

Distances like that are absolutely incredible. And it's still nothing compared to the size of the observable universe!

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usernamechecksout458 t1_ix48rrh wrote

Do u have light pollution in ur city?

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix4bofg wrote

This was bortle 4/5.

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No_Zombie2021 t1_ix4mw58 wrote

TIL about the Bortle scale. I live in a place that has bortle 4, but 10 minutes by car and its Bortle 2.

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix4ooe3 wrote

Bortle 4 is not bad you can see a lot of stuff naked eye in bortle 4. Someone from a city seeing a bortle 4 sky the first time would probably be surprised.

I started in bortle 7 and still had lots of fun with my telescope.

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix4qfhp wrote

Oh I forgot to say bortle 4 to bortle 2 is a huge difference. I would recommend using an app like astropheric to find a good night for astronomy and just drive out and look, no need for any equipment but if you have binoculars I would bring them.

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darrellbear t1_ix6h14c wrote

There are three galaxies visible in the image--Messier 31 is the big one, M110 to the upper left, M32 just to the right. They're satellite galaxies of M31, rather like the Magellanic Clouds are to our Milky Way. See the bluish regions such as at the lower left and upper right of the galaxy's disk? Those are areas of star formation, lots of bright and massive class O and B stars.

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix6i28g wrote

It's quite spectacular being able to see all three at once with a 31mm Nagler in a 10" dob!

I made a timelapse where there are lots of different DSOs visible including m31 and m33. I thought you might like it. https://youtu.be/sMcwHPqd7l8

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darrellbear t1_ix6j36j wrote

Finally, somebody else with a 31 Nagler! LOL I call mine the hand grenade, it's huge and heavy.

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix6ldkt wrote

Nothing that a handful of wrenches taped to the tube can't balance haha

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qualitygoatshit t1_ix5ygj6 wrote

Silly question, can you get these kinds of shots anywhere, or do you have to be in a super dark location. Seems like an interesting hobby, but I've never really looked into it because I always assumed I wouldn't be able to see much where I live.

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix62zam wrote

You do not need a dark location but it makes it significantly easier.

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weedeater726 t1_ix6ldip wrote

Beautiful, just beautiful. It's kind of crazy to believe we haven't explored the galaxy. We only explore with our eyes and experience it's beauty

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No_Zombie2021 t1_ix4ikfn wrote

So that’s how I find it? I find your place and go to your back yard.

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix4lq9j wrote

My backyard still has lots of light pollution, we should go find someone else's backyard.

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Da3G_369 t1_ix7j2qk wrote

Wow I'm I kid that's just really fascinated about space and and seeing that form a back yard wow

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