Nearest Neighbour

M-31 The Andromeda Galaxy with companions M-32 (bottom) and M-110 (upper)
Approx 2.9 million ly distant

Imaged at the CCCA Observatory
Wellandport, Ontario
Aug 28th 2011

William Optics Megrez 72mm Apo Refractor (New Toy)
W/O .8X field flattener
EQ Pro 6 German Equatorial
Orion Starshoot Autoguider
Canon Digital Rebel XT (unmodified)

Prime Focus
20 X 3 min exposures @ ISO 800 combined
Dark frames subtracted
Combined with Deep Sky Stacker
Processed with PS CS2