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M33, Triangulum galaxy
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The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy, M33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy.
M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in the Local Group of galaxies after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and our own Milky Way. More informations are available here. |
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| Optics |
130 mm f/5 Astro-Physics EDF Refractor with AP Telecompressor. TMB Triplet Apo 80 mm f/6 for guiding |
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Astro-Physics AP 900GTO |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XME. With a Remote Guiding Head. |
| Filters | SBIG CFW9. Astrodon LRGB filters. Baader-Planetarium 7 nm Ha,SII,OII, filters |
| Focuser | Robofocus focuser and Focusmax software |
| Dates | November 2009. |
| Location | Lentin Observatory |
| Exposure | L=50X3;Ha=5X15mn;R=56X5mn;G=51X5mn;B=71X5mn;bin1;T=-15°c. Scale= 2.14^s/pixel. total time 18h35 |
| Acquisition | All data's were acquired unattended with ACP Observatory Control Software V5 DC3 Dreams and MaxIm DL 5, including sky flats , |
| Processing | MaxIm DL 5, PixInsight 1.5, Photoshop CS4, Noel Carboni Astronomy Tools. |
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Click here to look at my October 2006 M33 previous attempt. | |
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Antoine Vergara