M 33 - NGC 598
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Triangulum
Penryn, California
August 2005
FS-128G (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 10 minutes L.
July 2006 - replaced RGB with ST-2000XM data (15 minutes each).
Described by Burnham as "...a challenging
object for the small telescope because of its great size and rather low surface
brightness....M33 is the nearest of the Sc spirals.." (Burnham).
M33 is at 3 million light years. The
large HII region at the lower center is the largest known in any galaxy and has
the designation NGC 604.
