APOD on Nostr: **Astronomy Picture of the Day** 23 October 2026 **Andromeda in Southern Spring** ...
**Astronomy Picture of the Day**
23 October 2026
**Andromeda in Southern Spring**
Image:
Credit: Lucy Yunxi Hu
Explanation: Explanation: Looking toward the north from Mullion, New South Wales, Australia, the Andromeda Galaxy never gets more than a few degrees above the horizon. During the southern hemisphere spring, Andromeda is highest in the sky around midnight though. And in this telephoto scene from October 10/11, multiple exposures were used to reveal the spiral galaxy in tantalizing detail as it climbed above rolling Australian hills. Also known as M31 , the Andromeda Galaxy is one of the brightest objects in the Messier catalog , but is only visible to the unaided eye as a small, faint, fuzzy patch. Digitally tracked and stacked frames were combined with a foreground shot in the deep astro-image composite to reveal the galaxy's greater extent in planet Earth's night. In the springtime night skyscape,the closest large spiral galaxy spans nearly 6 full moons . Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space
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