Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and the Great Andromeda galaxy: a stunning view – 7 Mar. 2024

We captured a very beautiful image of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and the Great Andromeda Galaxy, aka Messier 31, sharing the same spot of the sky.

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and the great Andromeda Galaxy. 7 Mar. 2024.

The image above comes from the combination of ten, 120-second exposures, remotely taken with the Samyang 135+Paramount ME+ZWO ASI 6200MC Pro robotic unit available as part of the Virtual Telescope Project facility in Manciano, Italy. The covered field of view is about of 16 x 11 square degrees. The picture shows a superb perspective couple: the comet and the Great Andromeda Galaxy, aka Messier 31.

It is worth to mention that at the time of the image above the comet was at about 245 million of km from us, while the Andromeda Galaxy is more than 2 million light years away.

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