12
Oct
2018
Finally, after quite some time a new photo! This is another collaboration with a friend (Nicola Kadola) who has a 6″ RC and whose data combines very well with my 8″ RC telescope.
The Triangulum galaxy is one of our closest neighbors, having a distance of roughly 3 million light years from earth. Further, it has a very distinct spiral shape, featuring a not so bright core compared to other spiral galaxies. Visible in the image are also its active star-forming regions (red regions/nebulae in the image). Also very well visible are the dark nebulae especially inside the core of the galaxy, being made up of dust. The M33 galaxy is quite a bit smaller than the milky way and holds around 10-40 billion solar masses.