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M33, The Triangulum Galaxy, Frank Kane
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M33, The Triangulum Galaxy

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M33, The Triangulum Galaxy

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M33, imaged from my backyard observatory under Bortle-5 skies.

Whether M33 is the "galaxy far far away" in Star Wars is hotly debated, but it was the home of "E.T."

I combined Ha data with LRGB, which brought out some interesting stuff - there are circles of ionized Hydrogen surrounding star clusters, which really tells a story of how those clusters formed. Being able to see that within another galaxy from your backyard kind of blows my mind.

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Description: Toned down red tinge in background introduced by Ha noise

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M33, The Triangulum Galaxy, Frank Kane