Text: Alessio
Besides the moon and the Milky Way in the night sky, what other conspicuous subjects do you think about? Entering autumn and winter, everyone can immediately think of Orion. It is considered the most recognizable and best known constellation. In fact, you can also consider focusing on Andromeda, but not on the constellation itself, but on a huge galaxy that can be seen with the naked eye – the Andromeda Galaxy.
Andromeda galaxy floating in a buckwheat field
A moment to feel autumn pic.twitter.com/Dwz3LHflsK– taka (@takalogjp) October 17, 2022
▲ “The Andromeda Galaxy floating on the buckwheat field, feel the moment of autumn”
Photographer Taka from Fukushima Prefecture (@takalogjp) loves to photograph the starry sky. But a normal starry sky will never leave an impression, so he found the Andromeda galaxy as the protagonist. If the moon reminds us of our hometown or the past, and the Milky Way is a metaphor for the boundlessness of the universe, then another Milky Way galaxy probably implies that there are other unknown worlds in the vast universe besides Earth. In fact, you don’t need to interpret it so much, just like Taka, “When you see the Andromeda galaxy, you know it’s autumn”.
The Andromeda Galaxy (number M31) is found in the life of the “Fairy”. Like the Milky Way we are in, it is a barred spiral galaxy. It is about 2.5 million light years from Earth. It is the second closest galaxy to earth and the farthest visible to the naked eye of deep sky objects. In addition, the Andromeda Galaxy and the satellite galaxies M32 and M110 are clearly seen in Taka’s works.
▲ M31 and the Andromeda Galaxy photographed by amateur astronomer R. Gendler (photo by R. Gendler / ESA / Hubble)
Being able to capture deep space stars in a night landscape photo, I believe everyone will be curious about what equipment Taka uses. According to his answer, he shot with a 50mm prime lens, but after some cropping, the final focal length of the photo is roughly equivalent to 70mm. He thinks it’s not too difficult to photograph the Andromeda Galaxy, so he wants to share his work with you. Furthermore, he also said that the composition of this photo is actually a reference to a “senior”@kiryu_gen s work. Fans who are interested in sky photography may want to follow this astrophotographer Instagram pages.
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