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The great Andromeda galaxy is a spiral very similar to our own, the Milky Way. This is also the farther object visible with the naked eye, beeing at about 2.3 million light years.
Avaiable also a high resolution
version: 1500x1000 pixel.
Compare this with the the one captured on film.
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| Optics | L: Schmidt
camera 400/300/615 (Zen optics) RGB: Pentax 75 |
| Focal Lenght | L: 615 mm RGB: 500mm |
| Focal Ratio | L: f/2,0 RGB: f/6.7 |
| Exposure Time | L: 35 min (35
x 1 min) RGB: 60 min (6x10min) |
| CCD | L: a camera with Kaf-6303e RGB: Canon EOS 350D unmodified |
| Sensor | L: Kaf-6303e class 1 RGB: Canon cmos |
| Filters | none |
| Chip temperature |
L: about
0°C (without cooling) RGB: without cooling |
| Location | L: Tradate
(VA,
in Pianura
Padana, Italy) at 300m height RGB: Capanne di Cosola (AL, Italian Appennines) at 1500m heinght |
| Date and time of exposure start | L: 24
december 2006 RGB: 27 october 2006 |
| Mount | L:
Astrosystems Fork RGB: Gemini G41 |
| Tracking | L: Webcam
Vesta
Pro B/W on a 120mm f/13 refractor RGB: FLI ME2 on a Newton 310mm f/5 |
| Temperature and humidity | L: T=about
0°C RGB: T=13°C, RH=40% |
| Notes | One of the
very first test with the Schmidt camera and with the ccd. |
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