M33 Galaxy
Product Description
Messier 33 (NGC 598) is the second closest galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy, laying 2.4 million light years away (M31 is the closest). M33 is a loose spiral galaxy with several large stellar nurseries which appear in this photograph as the red areas, owing to their intense hydrogen-alpha emission. This galaxy was discovered in 1764 by Messier.
Date: September 16-20, 2006 Location: Cupertino, CA Scope: Takahashi FS102 @ 800mm Guiding: Vixen 60mm refractor with SBIG ST-4 Mount: Losmandy G-11 Camera: SBIG ST2000XM Filters: Custom Scientific in FLI CFW Exposure details: 3x20 minutes red filter 3x20 minutes hydrogen-alpha filter 3x20 minutes green filter 3x20 minutes blue filter 3x20 minutes luminance Processing: MaximDL for calibration, alignment and combining. PSCS for final processing
Processing note: This is an LRGB composite using combined red and hydrogen alpha exposures for the red layer. In this way I hoped to accent the nebulous star forming regions.
© Phil Terzian
Date: September 16-20, 2006 Location: Cupertino, CA Scope: Takahashi FS102 @ 800mm Guiding: Vixen 60mm refractor with SBIG ST-4 Mount: Losmandy G-11 Camera: SBIG ST2000XM Filters: Custom Scientific in FLI CFW Exposure details: 3x20 minutes red filter 3x20 minutes hydrogen-alpha filter 3x20 minutes green filter 3x20 minutes blue filter 3x20 minutes luminance Processing: MaximDL for calibration, alignment and combining. PSCS for final processing
Processing note: This is an LRGB composite using combined red and hydrogen alpha exposures for the red layer. In this way I hoped to accent the nebulous star forming regions.
© Phil Terzian
