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This image was created by median combining 7 x 90 second unfiltered images taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 with SBIG ST-8XE CCD. The image has been cut down to be 25 x 25 arc minutes in size.
M33 is a magnificent face-on spiral galaxy with a diameter of 50,000 light-years and a mass of 25 billion solar masses. About 3 million light-years away a number of star clusters and star forming regions can be seen along the galaxy's loosely wound spiral arms. A feature of M33 is the lack of a bright core and low overall surface brightness. With a brighter core M33 would be an easy naked eye object.
In collaboration with the Remote Astronomical Society Observatory
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.
This page was last updated on April 15th 2009.