Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy located about 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. It can be seen in the East and Northeastern skies during the late summer to mid winter months in the mid-North American latitudes.
This image was made with a Nikon Z7II and a Nikon 600mm f/6.3 lens. A total of 95 40 second exposures at ISO 3200 were made for a total of about 63 minutes of exposure time. Star tracking was with a Fornax LighTrack II. Deep Sky Stacker was used to produce aligned tif files that were then averaged, stretched, and color corrected using Python code. Final image processing was done with Topaz DeNoise AI and some minor adjustments with Capture One.