I spent some time last Saturday evening taking images of some galaxies. I wanted to get a good wide field image of M33 in Triangulum which was nearly overhead. M33 (along with the Andromeda Galaxy) is part of our local group. It is fairly large (being relatively close by at 3 million light years) and very faint with a small star like core and some bright star forming regions.
The Starlight Express H9C camera on the 80mm APO refractor at 480mm focal length gave a field of view of almost 1 degree. Continue Reading…
