M33 Panorama
This image was created with data from the Local Group Survey, completed with the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. M31, M33 and our Milky Way are the three largest members of the Local Group of galaxies. M33 is a spiral galaxy that is about ten times smaller than our own. Three 'pointings' of the camera along the galaxy in five filters were used to make the image. The five filters show the star colors and HII star forming regions in vivid detail.
| Observatory: | Kitt Peak National Observatory Kitt Peak, Arizona |
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| Telescope: | KPNO 4-Meter |
| Instrument: | Mosaic I |
| Astronomer: | Local Group Survey Team and T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) |
| Date of Observation: | 10-04-2000 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | U (violet), B (blue), V (cyan), I (orange) and H-alpha (red) |
| Exposure Times: | 15x1min in B and V, 15x10min in U, 15x150sec in I, and 15x5min in H-alpha |
| Location of Image: | Triangulum |
| Field of View: | 45.6 x 68.0 arcmin |
| Orientation: | North is up, East is to the left |
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