M33 Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum
 
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Telescope: Luminance: Takahashi FS-128 apochromatic refractor, 1040 mm, F/8. RGB: Borg apochromaric refractor 125 mm F/6.4
CCD Camera: Luminance: SBIG ST10-XME / CFW-8. RGB: FLI CM2-1
Mount: German equatorial mount Astro-Physics GE 600 GTO
Integration: Luminance: Core 16x5 minutes bin 1; arms and background: 4 frame mosaic of 6x5 minutes bin 1. RGB: 12:12:12 minutes taken and processed by Giovanni Paglioli (Salerno)
Date / Location / Sky: 12 August 2004
17 August 2004
Sicily, Mt. Etna North, 1500 m. s.l., wind
Sicily, Loc. Morra - Assoro (EN), 450 m. s.l.
Good seeing
Software: CCDSoft, MaxIm-DL, PhotoShop
Publications:

Nuovo Orione July 2005

Anacortes Photo of the Day 19 December 2004

RAI Educational 2 / RAI 3 Nazionale 22 September 2005, "A scuola di stelle"

Nuovo Orione Calendar September 2006

Coelum July 2008, article "I Buchi Neri disegnano la forma delle spirali?"