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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Takahashi FSQ106ED
Imaging camera:QSI 690 WSG-8
Mount:10 Micron GM1000HPS
Guiding telescope or lens:Takahashi FSQ106ED
Guiding camera:QSI 690 WSG-8
Software:Adobe Photoshop 6 CS, Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro , Pixinsight 1.8
Filters:Astrodon Ha 5nm, Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Blue, Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Green, Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Red, Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance
Resolution: 3287x2468
Dates:Sept. 6, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Blue: 27x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Green: 27x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Ha 5nm: 11x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Luminance: 45x600" bin 1x1
Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB E-Series Gen 2 Red: 27x600" bin 1x1
Integration: 24.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 7.73 days
Avg. Moon phase: 53.73%
Astrometry.net job: 2937242
RA center: 23.473 degrees
DEC center: 30.667 degrees
Pixel scale: 2.092 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 91.001 degrees
Field radius: 1.194 degrees
Locations: E-EyE, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura
Messier 33 (NGC 598) is a spiral galaxy located around 3 million light years distant in the constellation of Triangulum. it is often referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy, although it is not the only galaxy so-named.
M33 was photographed between 9 January and 6 September 2019 from an imaging rig in Spain that is privately-owned and remotely-operated by Barry Wilson and me.
Capture details are as follows:
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106
Camera: QSI 683
Filters: Astrodon
Mount: 10 Micron GM1000HPS
Ha: 11 x 1200s
Lum: 45 x 600s
Red: 27 x 600s
Green: 27 x 600s
Blue: 27 x 600s
A total of 24 hours and 40 minutes exposure.
Data capture: Steve Milne & Barry Wilson
Image Processing: Steve Milne
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