Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Triangulum (Tri)  ·  Contains:  M 33  ·  NGC 595  ·  NGC 598  ·  NGC 604  ·  Triangulum Galaxy  ·  Triangulum Pinwheel
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M33 from NightFall, Tom Bash
M33 from NightFall
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M33 from NightFall

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M33 from NightFall, Tom Bash
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M33 from NightFall

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This is the best of the deep sky images I took at the NightFall Star Party in Borrego Springs, CA.  It was taken on the second night, which had the best seeing of the three nights, and it was high in the sky when imaged.  But like all the images I took at NightFall it was unguided, which is why the exposure times were just 1 minute, even though this is also the faintest target I shot during the star party.

Because sky conditions were the best for this image, it appears I have resolved many blue giant stars in the spiral arms of M33, which is nearly 3,000,000 lightyears distant.  Not bad for 115 mm of aperture and 1 minute exposures!

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M33 from NightFall, Tom Bash

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