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The Triangulum Galaxy - M33 (RGB), Mario Alejandro Torres
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The Triangulum Galaxy - M33 (RGB)

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The Triangulum Galaxy - M33 (RGB), Mario Alejandro Torres
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The Triangulum Galaxy - M33 (RGB)

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Description

This was one of those nights where I set my rig early, and the target I was working on was not at an adequate altitude, so I invested two hours on M33. However, instead of shooting with my old trusty QHY533C, I did it with my ZWO ASI678MC planetary camera. Why, you may ask? As I am rocking a Red Cat 51 with the 533, I am always undersampled (which is why I always drizzle with that combo). This time, I wanted to see my data with a camera matching the desired pixel size for my seeing conditions. To my surprise, I was more impressed with the performance of the non-cooled camera than with the ideal sampling I got. 
This was a quick and easy process, and I would love to revisit this target with adequate equipment. 

Clear Skies.

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