M33 TRIANGULUM GALAXY

M33 - Triangulum Galaxy

Spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years distant

 

FINALLY got this image processed. Started gathering data for this project in early November 2020 but the weather has been so bad here in the UK, that I have given up trying to add further data to this image this. Only 6.6 hours total integration time sadly.

Quite happy with how it turned out though as I am still getting back into the hobby and learning all I can about post-processing. The dark arts are deep and mysterious in this hobby.

 

Comments welcome. Clear skies.

 

Acquisition Equipment

 

Camera - CANON EOS 60D - Modified

Filter - Astronomik CLS-CCD Filter

Telescope - Sky-Watcher 80ED w/Sky-Watcher .85x Reducer/Flattener

Focal Length - 510mm

F Ratio - F6.3

Mount - Celestron CG-5 Advanced GEM

Guide scope - Celestron 9x50 Finder

Guide Camera - QHY 5 Mono

 

Image Capture

 

Sub Frames - 106 Light, 50 Dark, 100 Bias, 100 Flat

Exposure - 66x180sec + 40x300sec

ISO - 1600

Total Exposure - 6 h 37 min

 

Acquisition Software

 

Capture/Sequence - N.I.N.A. - Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy

Plate Solving - ASTAP - Astrometric STAcking Program

Guiding - PHD2 - Open PHD Guiding

Planetarium - Stellarium

 

Processing Software

 

Stacking - DeepSkyStacker

Post-processing - Adobe Photoshop 2021

 

Links

www.astrobin.com/users/AstroCrimi

Done