Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  IC 131  ·  IC 132  ·  IC 133  ·  IC 135  ·  IC 136  ·  IC 137  ·  IC 142  ·  IC 143  ·  M 33  ·  NGC 588  ·  NGC 592  ·  NGC 595  ·  NGC 598  ·  NGC 604  ·  Triangulum Galaxy  ·  Triangulum Pinwheel
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M33 using a 6" F/6.45 Melior Apo, Dave Erickson
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M33 using a 6" F/6.45 Melior Apo

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M33 using a 6" F/6.45 Melior Apo, Dave Erickson
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M33 using a 6" F/6.45 Melior Apo

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A naked eye Gem visible from dark sky's: M33, The Triangulum Galaxy, NGC 0598. A great object even in small telescopes.

M33 is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years from Earth. It is smaller than the milky way and Andromeda galaxies of our local group.

This image is comprised of (7) each RGB (6)Halpha Astrodon filtered sub-frames for 5.5 hours total integration.

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M33 using a 6" F/6.45 Melior Apo, Dave Erickson