Triangulum Galaxy

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Table Mountain, Ellensburg WA
21 July 2001
Takahashi CN212 at f/4, tracking by ST-4 autoguider on guidescope
Superposition of 20- and 30-minute exposures on LE400 film

M33, The Triangulum Galaxy

This is another target on my list. I find spiral galaxies to be fascinating, and this is a large one, but its brightness is rather low, and so it is difficult to capture the delicate details in the spiral arms.

I think this is an improvement over my first attempt, but I still wonder how I can get the full impact of this face-on spiral and how I can keep all the stars nice and small and round. I will likely return to this target in future years.

This picture was taken during my Nightscape Odyssey.