Imaged on 7/5/04
Scope: Takahashi FSQ 106 Refractor
Mount: Piggybacked on a Meade LX200
Autoguider: SXV-H9 autoguiding camera
attached to an 8" LX200 OTA
RGB: 3 x 10 min
Luminance: 5 x 2 min
Site: Anza Borrego Desert
Temp: 64 degrees; mild wind.
M31 is 2.1 million ly away.
Spectral characteristics indicate that M31
moving toward our galaxy on a collision course.
Image Acquisition: Bob Lockwood
Image Processing: Michael Caligiuri
