M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy

20:26 4/10/2005 UTC

And again... I just can't get enough from this galaxy. There's something in it. I wish my mount had worked this well in Manskivi DS Meet under dark skies. I had about 80% success rate in 90 second frames, but the sky is exposed quite bright at ISO1600 in such short time so lots of signal lost in light pollution. I still think I can make this better, I have to move my equipment to bit darker site and do like 60 x 90 seconds to really have good SNR in faintest parts of the galaxy. Fun!

Camera: Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) | Telescope: Orion Optics Europa 200mm f6 Newtonian reflector | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Exposure: 21x90s(31m30s) f6 ISO1600, 16 darks, no flats | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI)