The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598, and is sometimes informally referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy, a nickname it shares with Messier 101. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, behind the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye.
The galaxy is the smallest spiral galaxy in the Local Group and it is believed to be a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy due to their interactions, velocities and proximity to one another in the night sky. It also has an H-II nucleus. (Source: Wikipedia)
Technical Details
Dates: 6/9/2016
Location: Cologne, Germany
Imaging Telescope: 8″ GSO f/4
Imaging Camera: Nikon D7000
Filter: Baader Planetarium UHC-S
Mount: Skywatcher EQ-6
Guiding Telescope: TSO 80mm
Guiding Camera: QHY 5L-II
Integration: 40 x 5 min. (ISO 1000)
Software: PixInsight, SofortBild, OpenPhDGuiding, INDI
Plate Solution
(Source: astrometry.net)
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