Wallpaper author:
Martin Tymms
27 Aug 2025
A great data set for this local Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598. With the D25 isophotal diameter of 18.74 kiloparsecs (61,100 light-years), the Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way. Source Wiki
Dataset from which the image was processed
M33
20 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI Proline PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 23.4621 Dec 30.6602
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................United States of America
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................15 Oct 2021 - 05 Nov 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 1832 | 9h40m | 19 |
| Red | 758 | 4h | 19 |
| Green | 758 | 4h | 19 |
| Blue | 758 | 4h | 19 |
| Halpha | 1700 | 8h30m | 18 |