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      M33
      Wallpaper author:
      Dan Crowson

      24 Jul 2023

      M33

      M33 (also NGC 598 or the Triangulum Galaxy) is a large spiral galaxy located approximately 3 million light-years away in Triangulum.

      Luminance – 26x600s – 260 minutes – binned 1x1

      RGB – 25:24:20x600s – 250:240:200 minutes each – binned 1x1

      950 minutes total exposure – 15 hours 50 minutes

      Imaged over 13 nights in September, October, November and December, 2021 and January, 2022 at the IC Astronomy Observatory (Spain) with a FLI PL16083 on a Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 at f/3.6 382 mm.

      This data is from Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-click Observations.”

      LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/53066845761/sizes/l/

      LRGB crop - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/53066845701/sizes/l/


      Dataset from which the image was processed

      Triangulum Galaxy

      11 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      SPA-1-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Galaxy
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI PL16083
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 23.4621 Dec 30.65994
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Northern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Spain
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        28 Sept 2021 - 01 Jan 2022
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance6524h10m23
      Blue5743h40m23
      Red6003h50m23
      Green5743h40m23

      M33