Dust lanes and bright star formation regions are visible throughout M31, which is seen here with satellite galaxies M32 and M110.

Astro-Physics 155mm (6.1 inch) refractor at f5.2. Composite of three stacked twenty-five minute exposures on gas-hypersensitized Kodak Pro 400 PPF color negative film. October 12, 1999 starting at 12:30 a.m. from northeast Pennsylvania. Negatives rescanned and reprocessed 2003. ©2003