Triangulum Galaxy // Messier 33 in HaLRGB

by Oleg Rumiancev

Objects in field: Triangulum Galaxy, Triangulum Pinwheel, M 33, NGC 595, NGC 598, NGC 604

Equipment: ZWO FF107 107mm f/7 Petzval Refractor, QHYCCD QHY268 M

Integration: 13h 16m

Hello friends! I have something rather special prepared for today - Messier 33, better known as Triangulum Galaxy! This one of our nearest galactic neighbours at about 2.7 million light-years away. It’s the third-largest major galaxy in our Local Group after Andromeda and the Milky Way, and is about 60,000 light-years across. It’s smaller than both of them, but it’s also ridiculously active. Its…