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biweekly winner (weeks 39-40), discord user: Shinji.
There’s something timeless about pointing a lens toward the night sky, something equal parts science and wonder. On a quiet night at the edge of summer, one astrophotographer captured more than just an image; they captured a personal milestone, a step into new territory in their celestial journey. This article takes a closer look at that moment, the process behind it, and what it means to explore the unknown, one frame at a time.
Shinji said this about their image.
It was a good night, August 31st, 12:19 AM. It’s the Triangulum Galaxy, a galaxy around 3 million light years away and a potential satellite to the andromeda! It’s the third largest galaxy in our local group. It has around Forty billion stars, which isn’t a lot compared to ours or andromeda. I decided to take the image, because I wanted to do something new. I’ve previously only done Nebulae or Star clusters, but this is the first galaxy I’ve ever gotten.
All images in this article fall under the following copyright: Image © 2025 Shinji. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
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