M33
Triangulum Spiral Galaxy
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| Other names: |
Pinwheel Galaxy, NGC 598 |
| Optics: |
Takahashi FSQ-106ED at f/5 — photo of setup |
| Mount: |
Mountain Instruments MI-250 w/Gemini on ATS Portable Pier |
| Camera: |
Canon EOS 5D Mark II [ unmodified ] |
| Exposure: |
180 minutes [ 18 x 10 minutes ] at ISO 1600 |
| Accessories: |
Autoguided with Orion StarShoot Autoguider and Stellarvue SV80S at f/6 |
| Location: |
Julian, CA [ Julian Starfest, Menghini Winery ] |
| Date |
August 22, 2009 |
| Notes: |
Processing: Image acquisition with Canon EOS Utility. Image calibration, align, and combine in ImagesPlus 3.75. Levels, curves, noise smoothing (Noel Carboni's PS Tools), selective sharpening, crop, and resize in Photoshop.
20 dark frames, 30 flat frames. Ambient temperature was between 52-57°F during the imaging session.
Click the image for a larger version (1800 x 1200, ~1.8 MB).
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