• Messier 33 in Triangulum, the Pinwheel Galaxy
    • M33 in Triangulum, the Pinwheel Galaxy
    M33 in Triangulum, annotated
  • NGC598, M33, the Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  2 September 2021
  • FOV:  approximately 110' × 73'; the angular size of M33 is 70.8' × 41.7'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 flattener (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  HP laptop running Astro Photography Tools
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 180
  • Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut
  • Stacking:  Thirty-six 300 second frames using Deep Sky Stacker
  • Total Time:  3 hours
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, DynCrop, BlurXT, NoiseXT,
  • HST, GHS, MStr, PMath MStr + GHS + HST, HDR7,
  • Sat, Scale
  • Location:  Cherry Springs State Park near Coudersport, PA