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M33 #EXPLORED

M33 is the smallest of the spiral galaxies that make up our local group (containing around 1/10th of the number of stars as The Milky Way), at a distance of 3 million light years it is thought to be a satellite of M31, the Andromeda Galaxy.

 

This image is a combination of data captured during 2014 and 2015, totalling 14.5 hours of exposure time.

 

Altair Astro 6" RC and Atik 460ex. Captured in Sequence Generator Pro and processed in Pixinsight & CS5.

 

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Uploaded on October 9, 2015