M33 H-apha Enhanced (Adam Block)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Triangulum (Tri) · Contains: IC 131 · IC 135 · IC 136 · IC 137 · IC 142 · IC 143 · M 33 · NGC 592 · NGC 595 · NGC 598 · NGC 604 · Triangulum Galaxy · Triangulum Pinwheel

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M33 H-apha Enhanced

Link: https://www.adamblockphotos.com/m33-h-alpha-enchanced-2023.html

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M33 H-apha Enhanced

Link: https://www.adamblockphotos.com/m33-h-alpha-enchanced-2023.html

This data for M33 was taken by me about a decade ago. It features a relatively short RGB capture and a deep H-alpha exploration of the center of M33's disk. Included here is obviously the showpiece NGC 604 as well as many many others. I personally commissioned and optimized the telescope and instrumentation to try to acquire data like this and take advantage of the good seeing the mountaintop provides.

There is an older version of this astrophotograph I published in 2013 or so. This version is a significant improvement due to the fact it is a continuum subtracted version and the color mapping was controlled and blended in ways that were not available back then. Specifically the continuum subtraction and color mapping/blend were done using the new NB ColourMapper script.

I will be giving a presentation on 2023-11-19 at the 'Astro Imaging Channel' and demonstrate the script and techniques.
Of course, I demonstrate everything completely in my videos at my site at AdamBlockStudios.com .

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RA (center)	01h33m58s.903
RA (top/left)	01h34m50s.516
RA (top/right)	01h34m50s.677
RA (bottom/right)	01h33m07s.122
RA (bottom/left)	01h33m07s.308

Dec (center)	+30°39′38″.43
Dec (top/left)	+30°28′30″.82
Dec (top/right)	+30°50′45″.35
Dec (bottom/right)	+30°50′44″.96
Dec (bottom/left)	+30°28′29″.57

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