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M33 - The great galaxy in Triangulum
M33 - The great galaxy in Triangulum
Pascal


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Location: Kariani, Greece
Date: Sep 5, 2008
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 118.2 min (total)
Galleries: Sky, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Dec 26, 2010

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 3 million light years away from Milky Way, this galaxy is one of my favorite DSO's, and a difficult one to image. I tried to reveal as better as I could the Ha regions of nebulosity at the spiral arms.

Telescope : Takahashi FSQ106ED
Mount : Takahashi EM200 Temma II Jr
Camera : Canon 350D Baader modified with Hutech IDAS LPS, autoguided with PHD

Exposures :
27 x 182 sec Lights (ISO800) , 2008-09-05
9 x 242 sec Lights (ISO800) , 2009-09-23
12 Darks frames
12 Bias frames
were aligned, calibrated and stacked in DSS for this final composite image (88.59% of the original FOV)

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 12/26/2010 09:59:03 PM
I feel as though I'm looking at an astronomy textbook!!!!! WOW
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