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The Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum (M33)
Date: September 30, 2005
Instrument: Takahashi FSQ106
Mount: Losmandy G11 Mount
Guiding: Takahashi FS78 w/SBIG ST7
Imaged with Hutech Modified Canon 300d
Exposure: 26 X 6 Minute @ ASA 800, Tokai Light Pollution
Processed in Images Plus, Picture Window Pro and Photoshop CS
Location: My Dark Sky Site in Highland County, OH
Date: October 29, 2005
Instrument: Takahashi FSQ106
Mount: Astro-Physics 1200 Mount
Guiding: Takahashi FS78 w/STL-Remote
Imaged with SBIG ST11K
Exposure: 13 X 20 Minute AstroDon H-alpha filter
Processed in CCD Soft, Images Plus, Picture Window Pro and Photoshop CS
Location: My Dark Sky Site in Highland County, OH
H-alpha layered on red channel
Object Data:
Visual Magnitude: 5.7
Distance From Earth: 3,000,000 Light Years
Size of Object: 50,000 Light Years Across