The Pinwheel Galaxy (M33) in Triangulum

Posted by Dark-Star
on Sunday, November 27, 2016

M33 is the third largest member of the local group and by galactic standards lies very close to Earth at only 3 million light years away. M33 has several large HII regions similar to our Milky Way's Orion Nebula.

PlaneWave 17in CDK @ f6.8
RGB 14x5m each
SBIG STX 16803
Taken from Central Florida, November 20th, 2016.

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