Triangulum galaxy, M33
Interesting processing this image set. Thanks to the PixInsight software I process the stars and nebulosity separately (in this case 'nebulosity' is mainly millions of stars that are too small to see individually that just end up looking like nebulosity). But the nebulosity did not have much detail and looked washed out. It turned out however that there are many thousands of the stars that are visible in the image. So when I combined the stars with the processed nebulosity the image works well.
I love how you can see details in the red star forming regions, (brought out in a separate pass using an Hydrogen Alpha filter that is typically used when imaging star forming areas local to our own Milky Way galaxy). These regions are the Triangulum's galaxy equivalent to objects like our Orion and Lagoon nebulae.
"The Triangulum Galaxy, or M33, is a spiral galaxy located about 3 million light-years away from Earth, making it one of our closest galactic neighbors in space. Though it’s smaller than both the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy, it still spans about 60,000 light-years across. For comparison, the Milky Way is about 100,000 light-years in diameter, while Andromeda is around 220,000 light-years. In our night sky, M33 appears relatively large, covering an area about eight times the width of the full moon, though it's faint and hard to spot without a telescope. M33 is part of the same local group of galaxies as the Milky Way and Andromeda, and it’s thought to be gravitationally bound to Andromeda, possibly even orbiting it. The galaxy is moving towards the Milky Way at about 100 kilometers per second, though much slower than Andromeda’s approach. M33 is also known for its bright, active star-forming regions, like NGC 604, one of the largest stellar nurseries in the local group, visible even in amateur telescopes. Over time, these galaxies may interact, and in the distant future, they could eventually merge." (synthesized from various sources)
Askar 120APO with .8 reducer: 660 f/5.5
ZWO ASI533MC Color Camera at -10C
54x180s rgb
7x600s Ha
Processed with PixInsight, Ps
Triangulum galaxy, M33
Interesting processing this image set. Thanks to the PixInsight software I process the stars and nebulosity separately (in this case 'nebulosity' is mainly millions of stars that are too small to see individually that just end up looking like nebulosity). But the nebulosity did not have much detail and looked washed out. It turned out however that there are many thousands of the stars that are visible in the image. So when I combined the stars with the processed nebulosity the image works well.
I love how you can see details in the red star forming regions, (brought out in a separate pass using an Hydrogen Alpha filter that is typically used when imaging star forming areas local to our own Milky Way galaxy). These regions are the Triangulum's galaxy equivalent to objects like our Orion and Lagoon nebulae.
"The Triangulum Galaxy, or M33, is a spiral galaxy located about 3 million light-years away from Earth, making it one of our closest galactic neighbors in space. Though it’s smaller than both the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy, it still spans about 60,000 light-years across. For comparison, the Milky Way is about 100,000 light-years in diameter, while Andromeda is around 220,000 light-years. In our night sky, M33 appears relatively large, covering an area about eight times the width of the full moon, though it's faint and hard to spot without a telescope. M33 is part of the same local group of galaxies as the Milky Way and Andromeda, and it’s thought to be gravitationally bound to Andromeda, possibly even orbiting it. The galaxy is moving towards the Milky Way at about 100 kilometers per second, though much slower than Andromeda’s approach. M33 is also known for its bright, active star-forming regions, like NGC 604, one of the largest stellar nurseries in the local group, visible even in amateur telescopes. Over time, these galaxies may interact, and in the distant future, they could eventually merge." (synthesized from various sources)
Askar 120APO with .8 reducer: 660 f/5.5
ZWO ASI533MC Color Camera at -10C
54x180s rgb
7x600s Ha
Processed with PixInsight, Ps