M33 - 28.12.2015 at 19.00 Kirkkonummi Observation number 46729

Visibility IV / V

Samuli Vuorinen, Kirkkonummen komeetta

It echoes from Komakallio again. I photographed this subject yesterday a couple of hours before the moon rose. Despite the short total exposure time, it's a nice shot.

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Additional information

Observation target
- Deep space object
Designation
- M33
- Näyttävä
Constellation
- Triangulum

Weather
- Lämpötila noin -5C, pientä pakkasutua ilmassa.
Galaxies
- Spiral galaxy
  
  Spiral galaxy is a stellar system where there are outwards arched spiral arms from roundish (spiral galaxies) or bar-shaped (barred spiral galaxies) central condensation.
  
  The apparent shape of spiral galaxied depends on out observation direction. From above they are quite round. From the side they lens-shaped with a bulge in the middle.
  
  Generally a rather large instrument, good weather conditions and observational expereince are needed to see spiral arms. Usually spiral galaxies look like a fuzzy spots.
  
  Spiral galaxy M33 in Triangulum. Image Tero Turunen.
  
  Andromeda Galaxy M31. There are also galaxies M110 (upper right corner) and M32 (lower left corner) in this image. Image Pekka Peura.
  
  M101 aka Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major. Image Samuli Vuorinen.
  
  Spiral galaxy IC 342 aka Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis. Image Timo Inkinen.
  
  A sketch of spiral galaxy NGC 7331 in Pegasus. Image Juha Ojanperä.
Nebulae
- Emission nebula
  
  In an emission nebula the hot stars nearby cause the gas glow. This should not mix with reflection nebula, where the gas is only lit up by nearby stars.
  
  The appearance of a gas nebula is irregular, and the fainter parts of it need bigger instruments to be visible.
  
  Emssion nebulae in Cepheus. The bigger part is composed of the nebulae Cederblad 214 (Ced214) and NGC 7822. The lower round nebula is called Sharpless 170 (Sh2-170). Image J-P Metsävainio.
  
  The Orion nebula. Image Samuli Vuorinen.
  
  In this 4-degree-field there are emission nebulae Sh2-157, Sh2-158, Sh2-159, Sh2-161 and Sh2-162 (or NGC 7635 aka Bubble Nebula) and open clusters M52 and NGC 7510. Image Juha Kepsu.
  
  NGC 281 aka Pacman Nebula. The object is in Cassiopeia. Image J-P Metsävainio.
  
  NGC 896 in Cassiopeia is the tip of Heart Nebula (IC 1805). Image Timo Inkinen.

Technical information

TS Boren-Simon Powernewt 8 "f / 2.8, Atik 460EX, Astrodon LRGB. Exposure 6x5 minutes per color channel, total 2 hours.

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M33 - 28.12.2015 at 19.00 Kirkkonummi Observation number 46729