My Astrophotography – Messier 33 (Triangulum Galaxy)

Messier 33 (Triangulum Galaxy)

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• M33 – one of the largest and nearest galaxies to the Milky Way.
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• It lies only about 2.4 million light‑years away, making it one of the closest major spiral galaxies to us.
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• Extremely active star formation – M33 has a very high star‑formation rate, around ten times higher than Andromeda’s ten times higher than Andromeda’s, making it a laboratory for studying how stars are born.
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• A possible future participant in the Milky Way ~ Andromeda collision M33 may be gravitationally linked to Andromeda and could play a role in the future merger between Andromeda and the Milky Way in around 4 billion years times.
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• One of the oldest galaxies visible to the naked eye in exceptionally dark skies.
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• Object Name
  Messier 33

• Object Type
  Galaxy

• Constellation
  Triangulum

• Magnitude
  +5.7

• Distance
  2.4 million light-years

• Age
  12 million years old

• Annotated

Telescope:

Mount:

Accessory:

Sky-Watcher Esprint 80ED Triplet

Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASIair Plus / PixInsight

Camera:

Guiding:

Filter:

ZWO ASI585MC Pro cooling

ZWO ASI1200MM

Askar ColourMagic 6nm

• Date:
  Friday 19th September 2025
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• Time:
  23:15
  
  

• Moonlit:
  Waning Crescent 27 days old
  Magnitude: -9.8
  Moonlit: 7%
  

• Total:
  180’s x 45 subs = 2 hours 15 minutes
  
  

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M34

NGC 598 / Triangulum Galaxy

Spiral Galaxy (Class: Sc)

+5.7

2.4 million light years / 50,000 light years across

Tri (Triangulum / The Triangle)

01h 33m 09s

+30° 39′ 17″

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