Observation by Peter Mulligan: M 33

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Peter Mulligan

Observer

Peter Mulligan

Observed

2019 Jan 08 - 19:34

Uploaded

2019 Jan 09 - 14:07

Objects

The Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
The Coma Pinwheel Galaxy (M99)
M101

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Constellation

Triangulum

Field centre

RA: 01^h33^m
Dec: +30°40'
Position angle: +99°36'

Field size

0°47' × 0°36'

Equipment

Skywatcher 200p on EQ5
Canon 1100D

Exposure

100-30sec, 1600 ISO,

Location

Sheffield, UK

Target name

M 33 the Pinwheel Galaxy

Title

M 33

About this image

One of the big three of the local group, M33 is smaller than the Milky way with a diameter of about sixty thousand light years, and a distance of approximately 2700,000 light years. The bright star to the left of M 33 is the double star HD 9483, 8.0m, spectral type A3 at a distance of 871 light years. M 33 is about 3000 times further away!

Files associated with this observation

M 33.jpg (1.7 MB)

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Graham Winstanley, Jeremy Shears, Ian Rothwell, Hugh Allen, Nick Hewitt, Andy Wilson, David Basey, Honor Wheeler, Peter Carson

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