Ich habe dieses Bild im Herbst 2024 in Door County, WI, gemacht. Ich setzte mein iPhone auf lange Sicht und bekam die Milchstraße, die mich total umgehauen hat. Ich denke, dass der eingekreiste Bereich die Andromeda -Galaxie ist. Habe ich recht?
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An app like Stellarium will help you identify everything in the sky
If you point it towards the same part of the sky at the same time of day (maybe same time of year, I’m too tired to figure out whether that’s necessary right now) you should get the same results.
Yep, where there is low light emission, you easily see it as a smudge in the night sky.
I asked Claude for you. Of course take the response with a grain of salt:
“Based on the image, which shows a starry night sky with what appears to be part of the Milky Way visible, there’s a faint elongated smudge circled in red. Given its appearance and the fact that it’s visible to the naked eye/basic astrophotography, this is most likely the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).
The reasons for this identification:
1. Andromeda is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way and one of the few galaxies visible to the naked eye
2. It appears as an elongated fuzzy patch in the night sky, which matches what we see in the circle
3. Its apparent size and brightness in the image are consistent with how Andromeda typically appears in night sky photos
4. The positioning relative to the Milky Way band visible in the lower portion of the image is consistent with where you’d expect to find Andromeda
The Andromeda Galaxy is approximately 2.5 million light-years away from Earth and is the largest galaxy in our Local Group of galaxies. It’s also on a collision course with our Milky Way, though that merger won’t happen for about 4.5 billion years.“
and that’s just like, the visible inner 1/6th of it or something.
You people are amazing! Thank you for the tips and info.
It’s the only galaxy you can properly „see“ with most current phone cameras and the only one you can see with your own eyes if it is dark enough.
I’d say, probably. There’s only about four you can see with an unzoomed picture. Andromeda, Triangulum, and the large and small magellanic clouds.
This one looks way more like Andromeda than the other three.
You could also use Sky Map or another app to find Andromeda in the sky the see if it’s not too far from the Milky Way arm also in you picture.
Looks like it! I remember seeing it for the first time when my dad and I drove out into rural Wyoming for the eclipse there a few years back, and was just awestruck by the beauty of the night sky out there, and seeing Andromeda.
I wonder what the night sky looks like to owls?
Andromeda has an apparent magnitude of 3.4, so you can see with the naked eye on dark days. But it may be the Magellanic Clouds too, or some nebula. The best way is to see which constellation it is or through some augmented reality application.
Get the app, Planets. Seriously, its free & excellent.