Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)
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M33 galaxy, Valerio Oss
M33 galaxy
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M33 galaxy

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M33 galaxy, Valerio Oss
M33 galaxy
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M33 galaxy

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The galaxy M33, (someone call it "pinwheel") in the constellation of the triangle. It is one of the closest galaxies to us, at "only" 2.9 million light years...It has a diameter of 50-60 thousand light years, therefore less than half of our galaxy; the apparent diameter is about 2 times our full moon, therefore particularly large, but the galaxy, even if very big, is not visible to the naked eye, at least not in our rather polluted skies. As the photograph clearly shows, it is a spiral galaxy, in this case a "flaky" spiral in which dust and gases are not uniformly distributed but aggregated in local collapses.The photo was taken from Monte Bondone (1570m) - Trento, on 31.12.2021 with 40 poses of 2 minutes each, for a total integration of 80 minutes, using an Optolong L-PRO anti-pollution filter. The instrument used is a Celestron Edge HD 8 "with ZWO ASI 294 MC PRO cooled camera and Skywatcher AZ-EQ6-PRO mount, tracking with ASI 120 and software on ASIAIR PRO.Processing and post-production with Pixinsight and Photoshop.

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M33 galaxy, Valerio Oss