Messier 31 and Companions

A Small Cloud in the Book of Fixed Stars

Messier 31 and Companions
Messier 31 and Companions

Objects name:
-Andromeda Galaxy(Messier 31/NGC224).
-Messier 32/NGC221,it is a satellite of Andromeda Galaxy.
-Messier110/NGC205,it is a Satellite of Andromeda galaxy.
Object type:
-M31: Spiral galaxy(SA(s)b).
-M32:Dwarf elliptical galaxy (cE2).
-M110:Dwarf elliptical galaxy(E5pec).
Location:Seyed abad-Firuzkuh-Iran(35º 38′ N , 52º 22′ E) .
Date:2011/07/01.
Time:2:30 local time (+3:30 GMT).
Media:Graphic pencil white paper-inverted in photoshop.
Equipment:200mm Dobsonian telescope-f/6-focal length 1200,Sky glow filter.
Eyepiece:30mm, Field:80º.
Conditions:Clear with some Light pollution.

The earliest recorded observation of the Andromeda Galaxy was in 964 CE by the Persian astronomer, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi), who described it as a “small cloud” in his Book of “Fixed Stars”. Other star charts of that period have it labeled as the Little Cloud.

Clear sky
Banafsheh Yaghoubi

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