Do we have photos of Andromeda?

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy (M31).Jan 8, 2015

How do we have pictures of the Andromeda Galaxy?

You do not need a telescope to photograph Andromeda. because it is such a large deep-sky object, a telephoto lens (or zoom-lens) will suffice. When it comes to photographing this galaxy, this most important factor is to shoot during the New Moon phase, and away from city light pollution.

Can humans see Andromeda?

Excluding the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, visible from Earth's Southern Hemisphere, the Andromeda galaxy is the brightest external galaxy you can see. At 2.5 million light-years, it's the most distant thing most of us humans can see with the unaided eye.

Can galaxies be photographed?

It also has two small but luminous dwarf galaxies very close to it, M32 (partly hiding behind the spiral arms of M31) and M110 (the larger one, below the main galaxy). The Andromeda Galaxy can be photographed with any instrument and is also easy to capture using a DSLR camera and a tripod.

Do we have real pictures of the galaxy?

It takes 250 million years for our Sun and the solar system to go all the way around the center of the Milky Way. We can only take pictures of the Milky Way from inside the galaxy, which means we don't have an image of the Milky Way as a whole. Why do we think it is a barred spiral galaxy, then?

Do we have real photos of galaxies?

TLDR: Yes, Hubble images are real. This series of posts is dedicated to the scrutiny of Hubble imagery and a broader discussion of the veracity of astronomical imagery.

Where is Earth in the Milky Way?

Earth is located in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way (called the Orion Arm) which lies about two-thirds of the way out from the center of the Galaxy. Here we are part of the Solar System — a group of eight planets, as well as numerous comets and asteroids and dwarf planets which orbit the Sun.

Can I see the Milky Way with my eyes?

Up, down, left, right, that is the Milky Way. From Earth, it can be seen as a hazy form of stars in the night sky that the naked eye can barely notice. You can see the Milky Way all year, no matter where you are in the world. It's visible just so long as the sky is clear and the light pollution is minimal.

How do you take deep sky photos?

When shooting Milky Way scenes, you will normally use wide angle lenses and take exposures no more than around 30 seconds on a tripod. For deep-sky photography, we need longer exposures and typically longer focal lengths. The longer the focal length, the more evident this sky motion will appear on a single frame.

What universe do we live in?

To understand you need to know exactly where we live in neighborhood of the Milky Way Galaxy. As we are part of the solar system Earth pretty much follows the path of the sun as it goes through its own orbit around the galaxy. The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy type so it has arms sort of like an octopus.