Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  M 33  ·  NGC 595  ·  NGC 598  ·  NGC 604  ·  Triangulum Galaxy  ·  Triangulum Pinwheel
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The Triangulum Galaxy - M33, GiffS
The Triangulum Galaxy - M33
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The Triangulum Galaxy - M33

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The Triangulum Galaxy - M33

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Hardly worth the effort. The Triangulum rises fairly late for me due to trees and a building. It was almost midnight when I finally got my filter changed, mount calibration and autofocus done and was on target ready to image. Some test exposures got me thinking that 180 seconds was the ticket.  I set up a session to shoot 100 3 minute exposures. With a Meridian flip around 2:00 AM and astronomical night ending at 5:40 something it was going to be close and that doesn’t consider dithering.

What killed this session was the Moon.  Too close and too full. M33 will have to wait until the circumstances are more conducive. It is a target I want to revisit and put more time on and perhaps more focal length.

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The Triangulum Galaxy - M33, GiffS