Just about six hours' worth of data on this galaxy used for this image! This was taken with my new~ish ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera. Very pleased with the result. I may try for some Ha data to compliment this later...
M33, also known as the Triangulum Galaxy, is a nearby spiral galaxy located in the constellation Triangulum, about 2.73 million light-years from Earth. It is the third-largest member of the Local Group after the Milky Way and Andromeda and is characterized by its patchy spiral arms, containing numerous star-forming regions like the bright NGC 604 nebulae. M33 is a "pure disk galaxy" and lacks a central bulge and a supermassive black hole, a unique feature among large spiral galaxies.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm ZenithStar APO
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Color with IR Cut filter
- Guiding Equipment: Celestron Starsense Autoguider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: Celestron
- Light Frames: 72*5 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -15C
- Dark Frames: 15*5 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise
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