M31 The Andromeda Galaxy-50 mm. Pentax lens/MX5C single shot color camera @ f2.8; unguided image piggyback on C8; 6 min. LRGB exposure; 11/2000 Sentinel, AZ

Notes:  This shot is with an SLR camera lens of about 1 inch aperture adapted to the MX5C camera using an old modified Pentax camera bayonet mount. Some detail can be seen in M31 such as the prominent dark lane on the left side of the galaxy. The companion galaxy NGC205(M110) is visible at the lower left of M31.