Telescope: Astro-Tech 8” f/8 Ritchey-Chretien, Orion Atlas EQ-G
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro, -10C, Gain 200
Filter: 2” Orion Imaging Skyglow Filter
Guide scope: Astro-Tech 60mm, Meade DSI Pro II, PHD
Exposure: 22x240sec, saved as FITS
Darks: 32x240s, saved as FITS
Flats: 32x1sec, sky flats taken at dusk
Average Light Pollution: Red zone, Bortle 8, fair transparency
Lensed Sky Quality Meter: 18.5 mag/arc-sec^2
Stacking: Mean with a 2-sigma clip.
White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic
Software: Nebulosity, Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop
M110 is the larger and fainter of two prominent satellite galaxies of M31. If you look closely you can see the outskirts of M31 in the lower left corner of this field. M110 is fairly unique in that it shows some hints of structure and dust clouds near its core. Most elliptical galaxies tend to be relatively featureless. Visually M110 is relatively faint and diffuse, lying on the opposite side of M31 from the smaller and brighter M32 and a bit farther out.
M110 along with M31 and M32 are currently well placed high overhead in the early evening.
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