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Total Exposure Time: 36 hours
LRGB(Bin1)Ha(Bin2) 1140:210:240:270;300 / UNGUIDED
RA 01h 33m 50.257s, Dec +30° 38' 51.802"
Pos Angle Up is 91.2 degrees E of N, FL 599.9 mm, 1.22 arcsec/pixel
This image is 3840x2435 pixels
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Officina Stellare Riccardi-Honders Veloce 200 RH OTA
ASA DDM60 Pro Mount
Officina Stellare - http://www.officinastellare.com/products_scheda.php?idProd=15
On my site - http://www.pbase.com/boren/officina_stellare_riccardihonders_veloce_rh_200
Deeper technical informaiton on the Riccardi-Honders design - http://www.telescope-optics.net/honders_camera.htm
ASA DDM60 Pro - http://www.astrosysteme.at/eng/mount_ddm60.html
On my site - http://www.pbase.com/boren/asa_ddm60_pro
SBIG STF8300M, Astrodon Gen II

The small, northern constellation Triangulum harbors this magnificent face-on spiral galaxy,
M33. Its popular names include the Pinwheel Galaxy or just the Triangulum Galaxy.
Imaged here from under the pristine dark skies of Nerpio, South Spain, M33 is over 50,000 light-years in diameter, third largest in the Local Group of galaxies
after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), and our own Milky Way. About 3 million light-years from the Milky Way, M33 is itself thought to be a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy and astronomers
in these two galaxies would likely have spectacular views of each other's grand spiral star systems. As for the view from planet Earth,
this sharp image shows off M33's blue star clusters and pinkish star forming regions along the galaxy's loosely wound spiral arms. In fact, the cavernous NGC 604 is the brightest star forming region, seen here at about the 7 o'clock position from the galaxy center.
In processing this image, I've taken special care to maintain color balance and saturation loyal to the date collected.
Like M31, M33's population of well-measured variable stars have helped make this nearby spiral a cosmic yardstick for establishing the distance scale of the Universe
(ref. APOD: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180927.html).