M33 - TRIANGULUM GALAXY

Triangulum

 (ra: 5:41,9 / dec -01:51)

DATA

TYPE: Spiral Galaxy

VISUAL MAGNITUDE: 5,7

SIZE: 62 arc minutes

DISTANCE: 3 millon light years

OBJECT DESCRIPTION

The Triangulum Galaxy M33 is a prominent member of our Local group. It is a difficult target from my location, and that is the reason why the image looks so fuzzy.  This Galaxy is bigger than the average size of spiral galaxies, but  compared to M31, Andromeda is relatively small.  M33 spiral arms are particularly rich in star forming regions HII

The Triangulum Galaxy was probably first found by Giovanni Batista Hodirena before the independent rediscover of Charles Messier in August 25, 1764.

IMAGE INFORMATION

SCOPE: Celestron C8, Vixen GPDX Mount, with Sky Sensor 2000

SKY CONDITIONS: Visual limit magnitude 4. Too low 22 º above horizon.

CAMERA: Starlight Xpress SXV M7 @f 6.3

FILTERS: Astronomik Type II filters

EXPOSSURES: LHRGB (30,18,9,9,9) 3 minutes subs

PROCESSED: Calibrated darks, flats, and offsets in ImagesPlus. Photoshop CS