M 33 (NGC 598) Galaxy in Triangulum

Located at: RA 01 hours 33 minutes 51 seconds, Dec +30 degrees 39 minutes 37 seconds

Size: 65' x 38'; Magnitude: 6.3 blue; Class: SA(s)cd

North is up

West to the right

Telescope:

 8" f5 Newtonian reflector

Camera:

 ST-8XME, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control CCDOps 5.4

Image:

No filter, 91.5 minutes (61 x 90 seconds Track & Accumulate), 12/24/2005

Processing:

CCDSharp, MaxIm DL 4.5, Photoshop 7.0

Location:

 Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s)

Notes:

One of my few attempts so far at a 'nebulous' object with Track & Accumulate. M 33 is larger than my field of view with this system (approximately 30' x 46')