M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy

23:42 30/8/2005 UTC

Almost everything went wrong with this image. I was tired in the late hours and didn't have energy to focus on doing everything right. No flats, guiding messed up all but the one frame with satellite and I accidentally framed the galaxy in the corner where all the worst aberrations are. However I matched the goal, which was finding this dim galaxy to the chip and managed to guide to a very dim star nearby. 4x binning hided the errors beautifully!

NGC/IC Object List:
NGC598 galaxy RA:01h33m51.9 Dec:+30°39m'29" BMag: 6.2, M 33 Triangulum Galaxy

Camera: Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) | Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 66mm f6 petzval refractor | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: - | Guiding: Orion ShortTube 80mm f5 refractor, Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam, Qastrocam, Orion Shorty Plus 2x Barlow | Exposure: 4 x 300s (20m) f6 ISO400 | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI) | Target altitude in the beginning of the exposure 56°