Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  IC 135  ·  IC 142  ·  M 33  ·  NGC 595  ·  NGC 598  ·  NGC 604  ·  Triangulum Galaxy  ·  Triangulum Pinwheel
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M33, Tom Harrison
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Object: M33

Constellation: Triangulum

Distance: 2.3 Million Light-Years

Magnitude: 5.7

Comments: M33, the Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as the Triangulum Galaxy is a face-on galaxy approximately 2.3 Million Light-Years distant. It can be seen in binoculars as a faint glow as its light is spread out over a large field of view. M33 is a member of the local group of galaxies and is the thrid largest at approximately 50,000 light-years in diameter. it is thought to be a satellite galaxy to M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. Its galactic arms appear turbulent with many HII regions glowing in red, and hot young blue star clusters. For a more detailed description of this object see Rob Gendler's essay HERE

Date: September 2005

Place: Asheville, NC

Exposure Details: LRGB: 240:60:60:60 at, Lumincance unbinned; RGB binned 2

Processing: Processed using Registar, Maxlm, and Photoshop CS

Optics: 12.5" RCOS Truss RC

Focal Length: 2122 at f6.8

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: ST-10XME

Focuser: RCOS

Guiding: Internal chip

Filters: Tru-Balance LRGB 1 1/4"

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M33, Tom Harrison