Messier M33 Triangulum Galaxy
Photo Information
- Above image is quarter size 831 x 626
- Half size 1663 x 1252 image
- Full size 3326 x 2504 image
- Field of view: 70.3 arcminutes wide x 93.4 arcminutes high
- 1.68 arcsec/pix
- North is top and west is right
- Exposure: 31 images x 300 seconds per image (155 minutes total)
- CCD-TEMP: -15°C
- Astrodon L filter
- Guided
Object Information
- M33 in NASA/IPAC Extragalactic database
- M33 in
SEDS Messier database
Observing Information
- OBS-Location: Oregon Star Party (OSP), Oregon USA
- Dawn stopped the imaging session
- DATE-Local = August 15, 2010
- TIME-Local = 1:16 AM to 4:17 AM
Imaging Equipment
- Camera: QSI 583ws CCD camera with 31mm LRGB Astrodon filters
- Telescope: Tele Vue NP127is, 127mm aperture, 660mm focal length, f/5.2 focal ratio, APO Refractor
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1200GTO German Equatorial Mount
Imaging Processing
- Diffraction Limited MaxIm DL V5.07
- Calibrated with 15 dark frames and 256 two second flat frames.
- DDP with no sharping, curves, screen stretch and convert to JPG.
- No sharpening or smoothing was done on the image.
© 1998-2010 David Haworth
