Observation by Dean Ashton: M33 Pinwheel Galaxy

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Dean Ashton

Observer

Dean Ashton

Observed

2019 Nov 08 - 18:00

Uploaded

2019 Nov 10 - 19:02

Objects

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

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Constellation

Triangulum

Field centre

RA: 01h33m
Dec: +30°38'
Position angle: -3°01'

Field size

0°37' × 0°27'

Equipment
  • Celestron EdgeHD 9.25" f/7
  • Celestron CGEM
  • Celestron Nightscape 10100 OSC CCD
  • Off axis guiding with Loadstar X2 autuguider.
Exposure

12x600s at f/7

Location

St Austell, Cornwall UK

Target name

M33

Title

M33 Pinwheel Galaxy

About this image

This image of M33 was captured with only 70-minutes of total exposure (7X600-seconds) with a gibbous moon early on the evening of 8th November and a further 50-minutes of exposure (5x600-seconds) on the 18th November.

Calibration, integration and processing with PixInsight.

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