Astrophotography by Walt Davis

M33 is a medium sized galaxy much smaller than M31 but a part of our local group of galaxies. This photo was taken with a Nikon D70 and 600mm f4 ED lens.  By Walt Davis.

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Object Information

Name: M33, NGC 598
Type: Spiral Galaxy
Description: M33 is a medium sized galaxy much smaller than M31 but a part of our local group of galaxies. This photo was taken with a Nikon D70 and 600mm f4 ED lens.
Magnitude: 5.5
Size: M68.7 x 41.6 arcminutes
Related Photos: none

References:

M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
The Local Group of Galaxies
Spiral Galaxy
Google Images 
Acquisition

Location:

Latitude 44.841N by Longitude -122.869W at an elevation of 87 meters.
Aumsville, Oregon USA

Date:

 September 28, 2008

Zone: -8 (Pacific Standard Time)
Equipment

Imager:

Nikon D70

OTA:

Nikkor 600mm f4 ED super telephoto lens
Barlow: none
Platform: 2X Super Modified Nikon Imaging Platform
Guiding: Orion StarShoot DSCI II, Nikkor 300mm f2.8 ED lens, and MaxIm DL Essentials.
Imaging
Mode: Mode 2
White Balance: Sunlight

Color Space:

sRGB
Format: RAW (3008 x 2000)

Light frames:

21 x (150 Second  @ ISO 500)

Darks:

none

Flats:

none
Filters: Nikon 39mm UV/IR
Mask: none
f-stops: f4
FOV: 136 x 89 arcminutes
Scale: 2.71 arcseconds per pixel
Software: Nikon Capture 4 Control
Image Processing

Stacking:

Deep Sky Stacker 3.2.1

Combined:

Average
Processing: PhotoShop CS3, Astronomy Tools CS2 V1.5, New Astro Zone System, Noiseware Professional Plugin.
Notes

none

Copyright © 2008 Walt L. Davis All Rights Reserved