I decided to try an experiment with the new RC8 and try a couple of closeups of galaxies. M33 is first. I didn't do any star reduction. The
Triangulum Galaxy is a
spiral galaxy 2.73 million
light-years (ly) from Earth in the
constellationTriangulum. It is catalogued as
Messier 33 or
NGC (New General Catalogue) 598. With the D25 isophotal diameter of 18.74
kiloparsecs (61,100
light-years), the Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the
Local Group of galaxies, behind the
Andromeda Galaxy and the
Milky Way. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the
naked eye.
[7]The galaxy is the smallest spiral galaxy in the Local Group (although the smaller
Large and
Small Magellanic Clouds may have been spirals before their encounters with the Milky Way), and is believed to be a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy or on its rebound into the latter due to their interactions, velocities,
[8] and proximity to one another in the night sky. It also has an
H IInucleus.
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