M33

Triangulum Galaxy

M33

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Triangulum

Distance

3,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

October 30, 2004

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Lum 7x5 (bin 1x1), R 2x10, G 1x10, B 1x10 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT

Focal Length

1764mm @f/6.3

Mount

Celestron CGE

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Optec TCF-S

Filters

CFW8A, SBIG LRGB

Software

CCDSoft, Photoshop