Monday, December 13, 2010

M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)


This image was taken in Abbotsford in October and consists of 44 4 minute exposures.  The Triangulum Galaxy is located in Trangulum constellation and is about 2.8 million ly away.  It is the third largest galaxy in the Local Group after the nearby Andromeda Galaxy and our own Milky Way.  It was catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764.

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