M33

Triangulum Galaxy

M33

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Triangulum

Distance

3,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

October 17, 2009

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

Lum 18x10 (bin 1x1), R 3x10, G 3x10, B 3x10, Ha 3x10 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha, Gen 2 LRGB

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop