Triangulum Galaxy

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"The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye."

 

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Date :  December 2008
Location : Arizona Sky Village, Portal, Arizona

Equipment used :
 Lens or telescope -- AP 130 EDF with 0.75 Focal Reducer
 Mount -- AP 1200
 Camera -- SBIG ST-10


Acquistion Software : ACP, MaxIm DL, Focusmax
Processing Software : MaxIm DL, Photoshop

Exposure Detail : HaL (Ha)RGB combine       Total hours 6.4

Filter

# exposures

Time (sec)

Binning

Red

15

180

2x2

Green

15

180

2x2

Blue

15

180

2x2

Lum

16

360

1x1

Ha

5

1800

1x1

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