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Triangulum Galaxy
M33
Object
Type Spiral Galaxy
Constellation Triangulum
Distance 3,000,000 ly
Magnitude 5.7
Angular Size 73x45 arc min
Size 55,000 ly
More Info  SEDSAPODEssay by Robert Gendler ©
Image
Date 10/17/2009
Place Palomar Mountain, CA
Exposure Data LRGBHa 180:30:30:30:30 mins @ -15C
Lum 18x10 (bin 1x1), R 3x10, G 3x10, B 3x10, Ha 3x10 (bin 2x2)
Notes
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

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