M31

M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
Date: November 22, 2000
Camera: Minolta Maxxum 7000i
Lens: 70-210mm@210mm@f4
Telescope:Meade LX10
Duration: 30 minutes piggybacked on LX10 autoguided by STV.
Film: Fuji Superia 800
Site: Little Blair Valley (Anza Borrego Desert, Southern California)
Notes/comments: Five planes flew through this exposure, three of them visible in this scan of the central portion of the print. Some wind-induced jiggle is visible in the elongation of the stars.