Beautiful Neighbour.

As seen from New Zealand, the great galaxy in Andromeda (M31) rises only a few degrees above the northern horizon. However, that does not mean it isn't worth the effort to observe it. It is a beautiful spiral that can be resolved with a modest telescope. The dark dust-lanes can easily bee seen along with two companion galaxies (M110 & M32)in this image. Photo details: Canon 350D, 4 x 90 second exposures with a 200mm lens, ISO 400 @ f-2.8.

 Image taken October 21st 2006