M33 Triangulum Galaxy

[groberts]

As the saying goes: you wait ages for a bus then two come along at the same time!  In this case after successfully imaging M31 the Andromeda galaxy which for once coincided with clear skies and the new moon in early October, I was lucky that the next moon cycle in early November also provided good conditions and his time I chose to image M33.  This is a target that hitherto I've struggled with and was therefore very pleased to obtain a good data-set over three nights that included 3-hours of 10-minute Ha exposures.  The result is definitely my best image yet of this attractive target and I am at last happy with the result.

15 x 300 sec LRGB

18 x 600 sec Ha

Total Time = 8-hours