About image
The dwarf elliptical galaxy M110 (NGC 205) is one of the larger satellite galaxies of the Andromeda Galaxy M31.
The angular size of 21.9’x11’ corresponds to physical dimension of 16500x8300 light years, at a distance of 2.59 million light years from Earth.
Near the centre of the galaxy it is possible to see dust structures.
Inside M100 astronomers have discovered young stellar population, so this is the proof that also in a dwarf galaxy processes of stellar formations can take place.
(Text adapted from “The Cambridge Photographic Atlas of galaxies")
In this image it is quite visible a kind of bright strip starting from M110 till the upper left side of the image: it is indeed the the stellar bridge that connects M110 to main galaxy M31.
Technical data
Optic GSO RC12 Truss - Aperture
304mm, focal lenght 2432mm, f/8
Mount 10Micron GM2000 HPSII
Camera ZWO ASI 2600 MM Pro with filter wheel 7 positions
Filters Astrodon Gen2
E-Serie Tru-Balance 50mm unmounted LRGB
Guiding system ZWO OAG-L with guide camera ASI 174MM
Exposure details L 31x300" bin3 -15C
R 19x300" bin3 -15C
G 19x300" bin3 -15C
B 19x300" bin3 -15C
Total integration 7h20'
Acquisition Voyager, PHD2
Processing Pixinsight 1.8,
Photoshop CS5
SQM-L 21.11
Location Promiod (Aosta
Valley, Italy), own remote observatory
Date 31 July, 1/23 August, 19 September 2022