Triangulum Galaxy

Triangulum Galaxy

image It been a long time since i took the image of a galaxy ! This is the first of 2 images of galaxy regions. The image of M33 is a composite of 21 x 5min images stacked in PixInsight.

The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.73 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. Wikipedia

Distance to Earth: 2.723 million light years

Radius: 30,000 light years

Coordinates: RA 1h 33m 50sDec +30° 39′ 37″

Apparent size (V): 70.8 × 41.7 moa

Redshift: -0.000607 ± 0.000010

Constellation: Triangulum


FLT110 M33 Triangulum image sBIG