M33
M33

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Image Data: Object Information:
  • Exposure:  LRGB - 44x300s:12x600s:10x600s:17x600s
    • Luminance binned 1x1, RGB binned 2x2
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SV152
  • Mount:  MI-250 GoTo
  • Camera:  SBIG ST-10XME CCD, SBIG CFW-10, AstroDon E-Series TruBalance Filters
  • Location:  Casa Cielo Observatory, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Date/Time: 
    • Luminance:
      • August 27, 02:15-04:26 PDT
      • August 28, 02:09-05:31 PDT
    • Red
      • September 1, 01:42-02:15 PDT
      • September 25, 00:21-01:04 PDT
      • September 26, 23:06-23:59 PDT
    • Green
      • September 25, 01:23-05:07 PDT
      • September 27, 00:06-00:59 PDT
    • Blue
      • September 25, 02:25-04:26 PDT
      • September 27, 01:09-03:23 PDT
  • Processing: Taken  in CCDSoft v5 using CCD Commander.  Reduced, aligned, combined sub-exposures, Positive Constraint deconvolution to the Luminance, and RGB combine in CCDStack. Color balancing, Lab LRGB combine, contrast adjustment, unsharp mask, selective bluring, and saturation boost in Photoshop.
  • Names: 
    • M33 / NGC 598 (galaxy)
    • NGC 604 (large emission nebula in lower left quadrent)
    • IC 131-137, 139, 140, 142, 143, NGC 592 and 595 (various objects throughout the field)
  • Type:  Spiral Galaxy
  • Constellation:  Triangulum
  • Distance: about 3 million light-years
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