M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy

18:52 16/9/2006 UTC

Long time since the last time I visited a darker site, so I had to try M33 with my new gear. Everything worked like charm, until dew interrupted my session. I am pretty much ready for some shopping for dew heater... I was planning to do 2 hours worth of exposures. I am planning also to take also an H-alpha image of HII regions and combine them later. Conditions were very good and while exposing, I did some visual observations of M33 , North America Nebula and several other targets with 66m refractor.

Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350D | Telescope: Skywatcher ED80 Pro 80mm f7.5 refractor, William Optics 0.8x focal reducer | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: Baader IR/UV block | Guiding: , Orion ShortTube 80mm f5 refractor, QCGuider, Teleskop-Service 1.5x Barlow, Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Exposure: 9x300s (45min) ISO800 f6, 8 darks, 12 flats, bias | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°39'N 26°48'E (Huruksela/Kotka, FI)