M33

Messier 33

Description: M33 in Triangulum, also known as The Pinwheel Galaxy or NGC598. M33 is fairly large at 1.1 by 0.7 degrees and the combined light is magnitude 6.3. The light spread over such a large area makes the surface brightness fairly low but some observers have spotted it naked eye from a good, dark site. Camera: Olympus OM1 Fim: Hypered Kodak tech-pan 2415 Scope: 8" f6 Newtonian Exposure: 120 minutes Location: Mt. Kobau, B.C. Date: August 24, 1995

Messier 33

Description: M33 in Triangulum, also known as The Pinwheel Galaxy or NGC598. M33 is fairly large at 1.1 by 0.7 degrees and the combined light is magnitude 6.3. The light spread over such a large area makes the surface brightness fairly low but some observers have spotted it naked eye from a good, dark site.
Camera: Olympus OM1
Fim: Hypered Kodak tech-pan 2415
Scope: 8" f6 Newtonian
Exposure: 120 minutes
Location: Mt. Kobau, B.C.
Date: August 24, 1995