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M33 Triangulum Galaxy

Image contains Triangulum galaxy, M 33, NGC 598

The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598, and is sometimes informally referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy, a nickname it shares with Messier 101. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy and about 30 other smaller galaxies. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye.


Reference:1003Date taken:January 2012
Location:Galera, SpainImaging telescope:Takahashi FSQ85 EDX, 450mm @ f5.6
Imaging camera:Atik 383L+Camera setpoint:-20C
Mount:Takahashi EM200 Temma 2MGuiding telescope:ST-80
Guiding camera:SSAGFilters:Baader HaLRGB
Light frames:L=53 x 300s, R=25 x 300s, G=24 x 300s, B=35 x 300s, Ha=29 x 300sIntegration:13.8 hours
Dark frames:35Flat frames:20 each channel
Bias frames:35Capture software:MaximDL and Artemis Capture
Guiding software:MaximDLProcessing software:PixInsight, Fits Liberator, Photoshop CS4
 
Processing notes:This image is composed using data collected in Jan 2012 and Dec 2013 and reprocessed using the total set of data plus Ha data collected in Dec 2013.

Center (RA, Dec): (23.451, 30.681)
Center (RA, hms): 01h 33m 48.153s
Center (Dec, dms): +30 40' 49.940"
Size: 1.38 x 1.04 deg
Radius: 0.866 deg
Pixel scale: 4.87 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: Up is -87.3 degrees E of N
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