M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy
Sat Nov 04 2023
Here’s another one from the new camera! This is still data where the stars have odd shapes because of not having the correct spacing between my camera and corrector but that should hopefully be remedied this weekend. Anyway, I wanted this to be one of the first targets I went after with this setup because I knew it would frame up really nicely at 1300mm of focal length with an APS-C sized camera sensor.
About this object
- Type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Triangulum (the Triangle)
- Distance
- ~2.7 million light-years
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.8
- Apparent size
- 62.1′ × 36.7′
- Also known as
- Triangulum Galaxy, Pinwheel Galaxy
- Catalogue designations
- M 33, NGC 598
The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) is the third-largest member of our Local Group of galaxies, after Andromeda and the Milky Way. Its sprawling, loosely wound spiral arms are studded with bright pink star-forming regions.
Acquisition
- Antlia V-Pro Luminance 36 mm: 600 × 30s (5h 0m)
- Antlia V-Pro Red 36 mm: 102 × 1m (1h 42m)
- Antlia V-Pro Green 36 mm: 103 × 1m (1h 43m)
- Antlia V-Pro Blue 36 mm: 97 × 1m (1h 37m)
- Total integration: 10h 2m
Equipment
- Telescope / Lens: Celestron C8
- Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
- Mount: Celestron CGEM II
- Filters: Antlia V-Pro Blue 36 mm, Antlia V-Pro Green 36 mm, Antlia V-Pro Luminance 36 mm, Antlia V-Pro Red 36 mm
- Guiding scope: SVBony SV106 60mm Guide Scope
- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI224MC
- Accessories: Celestron 0.63X SCT Reducer (94175), ZWO EFW 7 x 36mm
- Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Astrophotography by David Joyce, AstroDavido.