The Triangulum Galaxy - M33

Image Title: The Triangulum Galaxy - M33

Date image was taken: November 08, 2023

Location: San Jose, CA

Image Description and Details: M33 is our galactic neighbor about 50,000 light-years in diameter and 2.73 million light years away. It has numerous very active star-forming regions.

I captured data for this project from my backyard in San Jose, CA for a total of about 45h25m integration time using Skywatcher Espirit100ed telescope, ZWO ASI2600mmpro camera,

Antlia 2.5nm Ha and Optolong LRGB filters all mounted over ZWO AM5 equatorial mount. Post processing was all done using PixInight.

A higher resolution version of this image can be found at: https:https://astrob.in/sc50he/B/

Dates: Oct. 23, 2023 · Oct. 24, 2023 · Oct. 25, 2023 · Oct. 31, 2023 · Nov. 1, 2023 · Nov. 7, 2023 · Nov. 8, 2023

Frames:

Antlia H-alpha Ultra Narrow Band 2.5nm 2": 268×300″(22h 20′)

Optolong Blue 2": 47×300″(3h55')

Optolong Green 2": 47×300″(3h55')

Optolong Luminance 2": 136×300″(11h 20′)

Optolong Red 2": 47×300″(3h55')

Integration: 45h 25′

Avg. Moon age: 16.42 days

Avg. Moon phase: 64.96%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00

Equipment Details: Imaging Telescope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Mount: ZWO AM5

Filters:

Antlia H-alpha Ultra Narrow Band 2.5nm 2"

Optolong Blue 2"

Optolong Green 2"

Optolong Luminance 2"

Optolong Red 2"

Accessories: ZWO OAG-L, ZWO ASIAir Plus

Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini

Copyright: Copyright Imran Badr

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