M33: Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum

Imaged on 11/04/05
Camera: SXH9 with autoguider
Scope: Takahashi FSQ 106 Refractor
Mount: Meade LX200
Autoguider: SX camera with 8" LX200
Exposure times: L 2hrs; RGB 35 min each
Total Exposure: 3:30 Site: Anza Borrego Desert
Temp: 55 degrees; windy; average seeing

M83 is 2.3 million light years away.