Current Info for Observer
as of 05/14/2024 4:18 a.m.
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General Info
| Type | Spiral Galaxy |
| Constellation | Triangulum |
| Right ascension | 1h33'50.800'' |
| Declination | +30°39'37'' |
| Magnitude | 5.700 |
| Distance | 3,000,000ly |
| Size | 73 arc min |
| Catalog Designations | NGC598, M33 |
| Discovered | 1654 Giovanni Hodierna |
Generate a finder chart
The following form will generate a PDF finder chart suitable for printing using to locate objects in the sky with your telescope!
The Date is only really useful for solar system objects, as deep space objects move measurably only on a galactic timescale.
The larger the F.O.V (field of view), the more "zoomed out" the object will appear. It can be helpful to print several charts of the same object with different field of views.
Limiting the magnitude (remember, lower magnitude means brighter!) of stars and objects can make sure your chart is not cluttered with dim objects that you may not be visible to you anyway. The defaults are good, but try experimenting with raising and lowering the values.
Tyler (4830)
10" Dobsonian
30 points
Austin (5562)
Mead LX200 (Cabrillo Observatory)
30 points
People in astrophotography go galaxy crazy. It must be something about the scale of them. They defy logic and imagination so of course, they must be photographed. I agree.
The following photo was taken using Spock, the LX200 at Cabrillo University. The resulting image was then processed for color and sharpness.
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