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Messier 33 in 211 Hours and Potential Discoveries, George Konkov
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Revision title: 211 HOURS of Exposure Time | Messier 33 (Ha-OIII-RGB)

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Messier 33 in 211 Hours and Potential Discoveries

Revision title: 211 HOURS of Exposure Time | Messier 33 (Ha-OIII-RGB)

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I am happy to share with the community my biggest deep sky astrophotography project to date - 211 hours of exposure time on the M33 galaxy. I started this project in August 2023. By the end of September 2023, I had 80 hours of exposure time to process, and I noticed a few interesting structures that I paid some extra attention to in my 22-page observation report that I was working on in this Google Document. While imaging M33, I practiced different processing and data analysis techniques, most of which were studied in an astrophotography course by Brian Falls. I also want to thank Adam Block for his new NB Colour Mapper Script for PixInsight that helped me a lot in highlighting nebulae in M33.

The observation report documents the whole astrophotography project conducted from August to November 2023. In particular, I was explore and trying to identify potential Wolf-Rayet (WR) nebulae within the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). Utilizing a SvBony SV550 122mm APO refractor telescope and ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro camera, over 211 hours of total exposure time were collected in both broadband and narrowband filters. I pay attention to ten nebular objects, designated GK-1 through GK-10, which exhibited characteristics potentially indicative of WR influence.

The research involved cross-referencing the observed structures with existing astronomical catalogs and databases to ascertain their novelty. No corresponding entries were found, suggesting these objects may be previously uncharted although I also believe that I haven't looked good enough, so this is why I share everything I have at the moment with the community. I am seeking help from the astronomy community to either assist me in identifying these objects or guide me on what I can do about it. Thank you so much to everyone who spends some time here taking a look at my first attempt at producing an image with so much exposure time!

Below are the coordinates of observed structures in the Observation report.

Object       α (J2000.0)      δ (J2000.0)       Closest WR Star
 GK-1       1 34 25.009    +30 20 01.48   [NM2011] J013425.11+301950.3
 GK-2       1 34 46.990    +31 07 57.34   [NM2011] J013447.32+310748.8
 GK-3       1 33 03.470    +30 23 27.57   LGGS J013303.71+302326.3
 GK-4       1 32 41.498    +30 40 18.23   LGGS J013241.95+304024.6
 GK-5       1 33 07.933    +30 29 55.74   LGGS J013307.80+302951.1
 GK-6       1 34 02.697    +30 51 27.07   [NM2011] J013402.93+305126.2
 GK-7       1 34 43.366    +30 49 20.27   [NM2011] J013443.51+304919.4
 GK-8       1 32 45.567    +30 20 19.94   [NM2011] J013245.84+302019.5
 GK-9       1 32 57.894    +30 44 22.71   [NM2011] J013257.32+304418.1
GK-10      1 33 46.031    +30 36 03.42   [MC83] 46

Below is closer look at objects I covered in the observation report:

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