M33 - Triangulum Galaxy (Phil Hoppes)

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M33 - Triangulum Galaxy

Here is my new take on M33, the Triangulum Galaxy, taken with my Vixen ED103S that now sits on my new NYX-101 mount from Pegasus Astro. We finally have some nights that are not 1 million degrees and the clouds are starting to part again so all of us Phoenix astrophoto nuts can get out and have some fun. I got the mount a little over a month ago but I've been very hard pressed to find a single evening that I could use it. Past two nights have been great and I have both my RedCat51 setup and now my Vixen portable setups up and running outside. On the Vixen I spent the past two evenings getting a nice run on M33. I shot this about a year ago with my RedCat51. That photo came out nice but I'm liking this one a whole lot more. M33 has to be one of my favorites as far as galaxies go. It is just the right size that a nice 700mm - 1000mm focal length telescope can show it very well and the angle of it is such that the detail in the arms and the core are quite fascinating. I want to attack this again later as I can see with some variations even on my sub exposure lengths, as there are some subtle details across the entire galaxy that I would like to bring out even more but it's easy to see some are getting lost in over-exposures. It is a very picturesque object and one I'm sure I'll image quite a few times.

Slowly getting the hang of the NYX-101 mount. My gripes are that PA's are fairly more time consuming than my other mounts to acquire. That being said, I can see, however, this is one of those things you just learn what the mount wants and you can get it to a reasonable so things work well. My guiding is better and better every outing and I'm sure I can get it dialed in to where it needs to be.

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RA (center)	01h33m57s.14
RA (top/left)	01h35m39s.78
RA (top/right)	01h36m10s.93
RA (bottom/right)	01h32m13s.27
RA (bottom/left)	01h31m44s.93

Dec (center)	+30°40′13″.3
Dec (top/left)	+30°02′37″.5
Dec (top/right)	+31°13′04″.0
Dec (bottom/right)	+31°17′42″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+30°07′12″.4

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