© James Janusz 2000 thru 2020 All Rights Reserved
Telescope: Astro-Physics 160 EDF Description: 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. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye. The galaxy is the smallest spiral galaxy in the Local Group and is believed to be a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy or on its rebound into the latter due to their interactions, velocities, and proximity to one another in the night sky. It also has an H II nucleus. (Wiki)
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600 GTO Constellation: Triangulum
Camera: SBIG STX 16803 with Astrodon Ver. 2 Filters Remotely Imaged With CCD Commander
Guiding:SBIG ST402 Guider Type: Spiral Galaxy
Exposure Data: LRGB, 4 hours ea RGB, 7 hours Luminance Position: R.A. 01h 33m 50s Dec +30° 39' 36.7"
Processed using Maxim data aquisition, PixInsight and PhotoShop image processing Date: October 2019
Data Acquisiton, Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz Imaging Location: Cave Creek Canyon Observatory
-END