The Pinwheel Galaxy - M33

Images taken: January 2006, by Joseph Warner and Tibor Torma.

Telescope: Meade 12 in with f/5.6 focal reducer (f=67in), guided with an AO-7 adaptive optics accessory.

Camera: SBIG ST-7 CCD

This image is a mosaic of three pictures. Notice that it proved impossible to balance the colors identically in the three images.

Exposures: 20 min red, 20 min green, 2x20 min blue in each of the three pieces.

Size of the image: 19 am x 13 am.

Images taken: Nov. 7 2004, by Jennifer Blackwood, Matt Sharpe, Angela Gardner and Marty Covington.

Telescope: Meade 12 in with f/4.66 focal reducer (f=56in), guided with an AO-7 adaptive optics accessory.

Camera: SBIG ST-7 CCD

Seeing: 4 as.

Exposures: 15 min each with red, green and blue filters plus 4 min clear.

Size of the image: 8 am x 14 am. Note that this covers only the central part of the galaxy.