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Messier 33

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L: 27x300s

RGB: (7, 7, 7)x300s

 

Image aquisition : Eric Recurt

Processing : Roberto Colombari

Astrograph: 350mm F3.0

CCD: FLI PL 16803-65 / FLI Atlas focuser

Mount: ASA

 

From Teide Observatory , Cosmos Tenerife , IAC/ TADer dome .

Tenerife , 2360m

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The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598, and is sometimes informally referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy, a nickname it shares with Messier 101. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy and about 44 other smaller galaxies. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye.

The galaxy is the smallest spiral galaxy in the Local Group and it is believed to be a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy due to their interactions, velocities[7] and proximity to one another in the night sky. It also has an H-II nucleus.[8]

 

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